gingivosis /gin·gi·vo·sis/ (jin″jĭ-vo´sis) a chronic, diffuse inflammation of the gingivae, with desquamation of papillary epithelium and mucous membrane.
gingivosis [jin″jĭ-vo´sis]
gingivosis (jin´jivō´sis),
gin·gi·vo·sis (j n j -v  ss)n. |
gingivosis [jin″jĭ-vo´sis]
a chronic, diffuse inflammation of the gums, with desquamation of the papillary epithelium and mucous membrane.
gingivosis (jin´jivō´sis),
n a noninflammatory degenerative condition of the gingivae. This older term is applied to desquamative gingivitis.
gingivosis
a chronic, diffuse inflammation of the gums, with desquamation of the papillary epithelium and mucous membrane.
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