RIGGS' DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Riggs' disease mean? 

• RIGGS' DISEASE (noun)
  The noun RIGGS' DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

  Familiarity information: RIGGS' DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGGS' DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhoea; Riggs' disease

Hypernyms ("Riggs' disease" is a kind of...):

periodontal disease; periodontitis (a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Riggs' disease"):

pericementoclasia (pus pocket formation around a tooth)