pyorrhea
Americannoun
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Pathology. a discharge of pus.
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Also called Riggs' disease. Also called pyorrhea alveolaris. Dentistry. a chronic form of periodontitis occurring in various degrees of severity, characterized in its severe forms by the formation of pus in the pockets between the roots of the teeth and their surrounding tissues, and frequently accompanied by the loosening and subsequent loss of the teeth.
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Everyone else is aware that the spangled comedian has an unhappy love life, a severe case of pyorrhea, and an insatiable appetite for the flesh of the Australian wombat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without both, a person develops pyorrhea and scurvy.
From Time Magazine Archive
If used regularly and in time, Forhan's checks or prevents pyorrhea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charley's family gathers gloomily around the radio and hears Gabriel Heatter, the doom-laden commentator, warn "of dreaded pyorrhea."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dentists testify that as a result of continued strong emotion the character of the saliva changes, pyorrhea develops, and the teeth decay rapidly.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
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