RIGGS' DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

Synonyms:

pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhoea; Riggs' disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Riggs' disease" 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 "Riggs' disease"):

pericementoclasia (pus pocket formation around a tooth)

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