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PERIODONTAL DISEASE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does periodontal disease mean?

• PERIODONTAL DISEASE (noun)
The noun PERIODONTAL DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth

Familiarity information: PERIODONTAL DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERIODONTAL DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

periodontal disease; periodontitis

Hypernyms ("periodontal disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periodontal disease"):

pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhoea; Riggs' disease (chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets)

alveolar resorption (wasting of the bony socket)

gingivitis (inflammation of the gums)

ulatrophia (recession of the gums)

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