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PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS
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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhoea; Riggs' disease
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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