pyorrhea
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Pathology. a discharge of pus.
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Also called Riggs' disease, 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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You have one of the worst pyorrhea cases I have ever seen.
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With it he reported cures of pyorrhea, Addison's disease, such baffling bleeding diseases as forms of hemophilia, purpura hemorrhagica and hemorrhagica nephritis.
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The dentist cautions him against pyorrhea, for his teeth are loosening.
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If used regularly and in time, Forhan's checks or prevents pyorrhea.
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He was invited to give a clinic upon pyorrhea alveolaris, and he told them of this patient, whom he showed to some fifteen members.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
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