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Pulp: 30-30 in a service game; not quite 'deuce' (juice).

Acerola Pulp: The pulp of the Barbados cherry, a variety of sub -tropical plants which grow in the Caribbean and Texas.

Pulpitis: An often painful inflammation of the dental pulp or nerve.

Direct Pulp Cap: The procedure in which the exposed pulp is covered with a dressing or cement that protects the pulp and promotes healing and repair

Aquapulp: Terms for a procedure in which the sticky fruit pulp, or mucilage, is removed from freshly picked coffee beans by scrubbing in machines. Mechanical demucilaging is gradually replacing the tr . . . View Full Definition

Pulpotomy: The removal of a portion of the tooth's pulp.

Pulping: First step after picking in preparing coffee by the wet method. It consists of removing the outer skin. Machines rub away the pulp without crushing the beans.

Pulp Fiction: Mass market novels printed cheaply and intended for a general audience. The content was usually melodramatic, titillating, or thrilling. The earliest samples are the 'penny dreadfuls' or 'bl . . . View Full Definition

Pulpectomy: Removal of the entire pulp from the canals in the root.

Indirect Pulp Cap: A procedure in which the nearly exposed pulp is covered with a protective dressing to protect the pulp from additional injury and to promote healing and repair via formation of secondary dentin.