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PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does pyorrhea alveolaris mean?

• PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS (noun)
The noun PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS has 1 sense:

1. chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

Familiarity information: PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS (noun)

Sense 1

pyorrhea alveolaris ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pyorrhea alveolaris; Riggs' disease; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea

Hypernyms ("pyorrhea alveolaris" is a kind of...):

periodontal disease; periodontitis (a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pyorrhea alveolaris"):

pericementoclasia (pus pocket formation around a tooth)

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