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Definition: Gingivitis |
GingivitisNoun1. Inflammation of the gums. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gingivitis" was first used: 1874. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Inflammation of the gingivae. Gingivitis associated with bony changes is referred to as periodontitis. Called also oulitis and ulitis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Gingivitis |
| Specialty definitions using "gingivitis": Gingival Hemorrhage, Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative ♦ Prevotella intermedia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gingivitis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (gingivitis), Dutch (gingivitis), German (gingivitis), Spanish (gingivitis). |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Brushing teeth; tooth; dental; dentifrice; toothpaste; cavities; cavity; floss; oral hygiene; mouth; gums; gingivitis; periodontal; periodontist; dentist; molar; incisor; bicuspid. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is called gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal disease. (references) | |
If it is not stopped, gingivitis could lead to a more serious type of gum disease called periodontitis. (references) | ||
Gingivitis can usually be reversed with daily brushing and flossing and regular cleanings by the dentist. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gingivitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gingivitis" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "gingivitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | malcim nullesh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التهاب اللثة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гингивит, възпаление на венците. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 齿龈炎. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìt dásní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gingivitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gingivitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ورم لثه , اماس والتهاب لثه دندان . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gingivite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gingivitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουλίτις, ουλίτιδα (inflammation of the gums, ulitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "לקת "ח יכים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogínygyulladás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | radang gusi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gengivite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 歯齦炎 , 歯肉炎 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しぎ"え", しにくえ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 치주염. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lostey druntyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingivitisgay gengivite (genial, gin mill). (various references) гингивит, воспаление десен. (various references) zapaljenje desni. (various references) gingivitis. (various references) tandköttsinflammation, gingivit. (various references) โรคเหงือกอักเสบ (ทางแพทยศาสตร์). (various references) dişeti iltihabı (gum-boil). (various references) гінгівіт, запалення ясен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gingiva. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "gingivitis": gingivitises. (additional references) | |
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"Gingivitis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gingivitus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-i-i-i-n-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: visiting. | |
-4 letters: giving, siting, vising. | |
-5 letters: intis, sting, tings, visit. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-i-i-i-i-n-s-t-v" | |
+2 letters: gingivitises. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i n g i v i t i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 006E 0067 0069 0076 0069 0074 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41758073758875867585 |
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