单词 | gingiva |
释义 | gingivan.α. late Middle English gyngyue, 1500s–1600s gingive. β. 1600s gengiva, 1600s– gingiva. Chiefly Dentistry. The layer of dense connective tissue and mucous membrane that covers the alveolar process of a jawbone and surrounds the neck of each tooth; tissue of this nature; the part of this tissue surrounding a single tooth; = gum n.1 2a. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [noun] > gum guma1382 gingiva?a1425 gum1555 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 115v (MED) Henric seiþ þat þe teþ & gyngyuez [L. gingive] be wasshed with decoccioun of mentastri. 1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 128 The fever floweth from the paine the teeth maketh, from the night watching, and from the inflammation of the gingives. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1091 Discharging itself into the Vesicle of the Gingiva, and carrying with it the Salival liquor, which he makes to be the same with that yellow water in the bag, hitherto esteem'd venomous. 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies App. SeventhTable sig. Mmm/2 They [sc. muscles] Spring Fleshy from the Fore-part of the Lower Jaw, immediately under the Gengivæ of the Dentes Incisores. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Gingiva, in Anatomy, the Gums; a hard sort of Flesh, investing the Alveoli, or Sockets of the Teeth... The Gingivæ are form'd by the Union of two Membranes. 1764 T. Marryat New Pract. Physick (new ed.) 351 The diagnostics [of toothing] are tumor of the gingivae—slavering—diarrhoea—restlessness and a symptomatic fever. 1776 T. Marryat Therapeutics (ed. 4) 347 The Tooth-ach is generally owing either to a tumor of the gingivae, of the circumjacent muscles, or to a caries of the tooth. 1836 Lancet 27 Feb. 864/1 I now saw distinctly that the blood came from the roof of the mouth, and from a small spot of the gingiva, near the third lower molar tooth. 1912 Items of Interest 34 18 The filling of the cavity is so completed that an excess of the filling material forces the gingiva away from the side of the tooth which has suffered most during the breaking-down process. 1948 Oral Surg., Oral Med. & Oral Pathol. 1 828 The pale pink gingiva is separated..from the red alveolar mucosa. 1965 J. C. Muhler Fifty-two Pearls ix. 93 In most cases the family dentist will..refer the patient to a periodontist (a dental specialist who treats diseased gingiva or bone). 2007 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 29 July e4/1 (advt.) Creating an esthetically pleasing smile actually involves three components: the teeth, the lips, and the gingivae or gums. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425 |
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