ulitis

Inflammation of the gums.

Noun

  1. Inflammation of the gums.
    • I do not think I have ever seen a case of pure uncomplicated syphilitic ulitis […] - 1873, James Edmund Garretson, A System of Oral Surgery:
    • The bark is used as a gargle for odontopathy, ulitis, and ulemorrhagia. - 2006, Turkish Journal of Biology, volumes 30-32, page 233:

Origin

From Ancient Greek οὖλον (oûlon, “gum”) + -itis (“inflammation”).

Forms

ulitides ulitises

Related

ulemorrhagia