mucogingivitis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. inflammation of the mucogingival junction

Word forms

mucogingivitis

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-der. 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 English mucogingivitis From muco- + gingivitis.

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