pa·ru·lis \-lə̇s\noun (pluralparuli·des \-ləˌdēz\) Etymology: New Latin parulid-, parulis, from Greek paroulid-, paroulis, from para- para- (I) + -oulid-, -oulis (from oulon gum); probably akin to Greek eilein to wind, roll — more at voluble : an abscess in the gum : gumboil