periodontitisn.
/ˌpɛrɪədɒnˈtʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌpɛrioʊˌdɑnˈtaɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of the periodontal tissue.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of gums
gumboil1753
pyorrhoea1787
gum-rash1822
epulis1859
gingivitis1860
periodontitis1870
sponginess1873
Riggs' disease1875
gingivostomatitis1900
periodontoclasia1914
periodontosis1936
1870 Practitioner July 45 Mr. Coleman believes replantation will become the legitimate mode of treatment for chronic periodontitis.
1942 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 11 115/1 The recording of cases of periodontitis (pyorrhea) was limited to those cases which had well-defined lesions.
1962 G. C. Blake & J. R. Trott Periodontol. iii. 27 In chronic periodontitis there are always multiple causes operating.
1990 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 8 Feb. 374/2 Once the inflammatory process of gingivitis extends into the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone..the periodontal disease is called periodontitis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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