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Inflammation of the gums or gingivae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
inflammation of the gums
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: periodontal disease, periodontitis
Etymology tree Latin gingīvabor. English gingiva Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English gingivitis From gingiva + -itis.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Chinese Mandarin:
牙齦炎 /牙龈炎
(yáyínyán)
— inflammation of the gums
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Czech:
gingivitida
— inflammation of the gums
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Dutch:
gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Dutch:
tandvleesontsteking
— inflammation of the gums
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Finnish:
ientulehdus
— inflammation of the gums
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French:
gingivite
— inflammation of the gums
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Galician:
xenxivite
— inflammation of the gums
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German:
Zahnfleischentzündung
— inflammation of the gums
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German:
Gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Greek:
ουλίτιδα
(oulítida)
— inflammation of the gums
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Haitian Creole:
jenjivit
— inflammation of the gums
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Hungarian:
ínygyulladás
— inflammation of the gums
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Hungarian:
fogínygyulladás
— inflammation of the gums
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Icelandic:
tannholdsbólga
— inflammation of the gums
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Indonesian:
gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Indonesian:
peradangan gusi
— inflammation of the gums
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Inuktitut:
ᐃᒃᑭᓗᒃᑐᖅ ᑭᒍᑎᒨᖓᔪᒥᒃ
(ikkiloktoq kicotimoongayomik)
— inflammation of the gums
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Italian:
gengivite
— inflammation of the gums
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Japanese:
歯齦炎
(shigin'en)
— inflammation of the gums
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Japanese:
歯肉炎
(shinikuen)
— inflammation of the gums
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Malay:
radang gusi
— inflammation of the gums
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Malay:
gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Māori:
tako pirau
— inflammation of the gums
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Persian:
ژنژیویت
(žanživit)
— inflammation of the gums
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Polish:
zapalenie dziąseł
— inflammation of the gums
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Portuguese:
gengivite
— inflammation of the gums
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Romanian:
gingivită
— inflammation of the gums
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Russian:
гингиви́т
(gingivít)
— inflammation of the gums
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Russian:
воспале́ние дёсен
(vospalénije djósen)
— inflammation of the gums
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Spanish:
gingivitis
— inflammation of the gums
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Tagalog:
maganggilagid
— inflammation of the gums
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Turkish:
diş eti iltihabı
— inflammation of the gums
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Volapük:
gingifaflamat
— inflammation of the gums