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Definition: Periodontal |
PeriodontalAdjective1. Of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics; "periodontal disease". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Periodontal \Per`i*o*don"tal\, adjective. [Prefix peri- Greek expression tooth.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PeriodontalSynonym: periodontic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Periodontal |
| English words defined with "periodontal": periodontal disease. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "periodontal": Alveolar Bone Loss ♦ Dental Devices, Home Care, Dental Occlusion, Traumatic, Dental Prophylaxis, Dental Sac, Dental Scaling ♦ Focal Infection, Dental, Furcation Defects ♦ gingival pocket, Guided Tissue Regeneration ♦ Joint Diabetes Research Foundation International ♦ Odontogenic Cysts ♦ Periapical Tissue, Periodontal Abscess, Periodontal Attachment Loss, Periodontal Index, Periodontal Ligament, Periodontal Pocket, periodontosis ♦ Root Planing ♦ Tooth Ankylosis, Tooth Attrition, tooth sac, Tooth, Impacted. (references) |
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 | 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. | |
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Health | This is called gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal disease. (references) | |
See your doctor before scheduling treatment for periodontal disease. (references) | ||
Good diabetic control is the best protection against periodontal disease. (references) | ||
Business | In addition, the prevalence of periodontal disease, and the number of teeth that need to be extracted as a result, appears to increase with age. This may reflect an accumulation of disease over time, rather than enhanced susceptibility. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Periodontal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Periodontal" is used about 53 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 53 | 46,657 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "periodontal": Periodontal Abscess ♦ Periodontal Attachment Loss ♦ Periodontal Cyst ♦ periodontal disease ♦ Periodontal Dressings ♦ Periodontal Index ♦ Periodontal Ligament ♦ Periodontal Pocket ♦ Periodontal Prosthesis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 "periodontal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | peridontal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牙周. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | periodontal cyste (periodontal cyst), tandsæk (dental sac, from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed, the connective tissue which surrounds the developping dental germ, tooth sac), saccus dentalis (dental sac, from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed, the connective tissue which surrounds the developping dental germ, tooth sac). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | periodontale cyste (periodontal cyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | parodontopathie (periodontal disease), périodontose (periodontal disease, periodontosis), traitement paradentaire (treatment of periodontal areas), traitement périodontique (periodontal therapy), sac dentaire (from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed), sac alvéolaire (periodontal pocket), follicule dentaire (from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed), desmodontose (periodontal disease, periodontosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zahn (cog, cogging, dens, dent, notch, perforation, sprocket, tooth, toothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιοδοντική κύστις (periodontal cyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sacculus dentis (dental sac, from which the periodontal membrane and the cementum are formed, the connective tissue which surrounds the developping dental germ, tooth sac), cisti periodontale (periodontal cyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eriodontalpay periodicidade (frequency, periodicity, periodontal disease, rhythm), cisto periodontal (periodontal cyst). (various references) периодонтальный. (various references) enfermedad del periodonto (periodontal disease, periodontosis), conducto periodontal (periodontal cyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "periodontal": periodontally. (additional references) | |
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"Periodontal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peridontal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "periodontal" (pronounced pe'rēudÄ"ntul or pe'rēudÄ"nul) |
| 5 | -Ä" n t u l | consonantal, horizontal. |
| 4 | -n t u l | accidental, Cantle, coincidental, compartmental, continental, dental, detrimental, developmental, disgruntle, dismantle, elemental, environmental, experimental, frontal, fundamental, gentle, governmental, incidental, incremental, infantile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, lentil, lintel, mantel, mantle, mental, monumental, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, prefrontal, quintal, regimental, rental, sentimental, supplemental, temperamental, transcendental, transcontinental, unsentimental, Wintle. |
| 3 | -t u l | acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, committal, congenital, crustal, crystal, digital, distal, ductile, embattle, entitle, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, futile, genital, glottal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, infertile, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, little, marital, metal, mettle, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pedestal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, premarital, prenatal, projectile, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, resettle, scuttle, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, tactile, tattle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transmittal, turtle, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle. |
| 4 | -Ä" n u l | faunal. |
| 3 | -n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, fennel, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: doorplate, operation, planetoid, platooned, portioned, predation. | |
-3 letters: adoption, antipode, antipole, arointed, atropine, delation, dioptral, dipteral, dipteran, dipteron, doornail, idolater, idolator, interlap, optional, optioned, ordinate, oriental, palinode, pantiled, parotoid, pelorian, petaloid, petiolar, pliotron, portaled, pronated, rationed, ratooned, relation, tailored, tandoori, terpinol, toroidal, trapline, trinodal, tripedal, triplane, tripodal, troopial. | |
-4 letters: adopter, aileron, alienor, aneroid, antired. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: periodontally. | |
+3 letters: depolarization, malapportioned, radiotelephone, radiotelephony. | |
+4 letters: depolarizations, radiotelephones. | |
+5 letters: depolymerization, radiotelephonies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 6F 64 6F 6E 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. --- -.. --- -. - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 01101111 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i o d o n t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 006F 006E 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071847581708180866778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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