stippling

stippling /stip·pling/ (stip´ling) a spotted condition or appearance, as an appearance of the retina as if dotted with light and dark points, or the appearance of red blood cells in basophilia.

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stip·pling (stplng)

n.

1. A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to a basic stain as a result of the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm.

2. The orange-peel appearance of normal gums.

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stippling (stip´ling),

n 1. an orange-peel appearance of the attached gingiva, believed to result from the bundles of collagen fibers that enter the connective tissue papillae.
2. a roughening of the labial and buccal surfaces of denture bases to imitate the stippling of natural gingiva.

stippling, basophilic,

n See basophilia.

stippling, gingival,

n See gingiva, stippling.

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stippling

a spotted condition or appearance, such as an appearance of the retina as if dotted with light and dark points, or the spotted appearance of the erythrocytes in basophilic stippling.

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basophilic stippling

see basophilic stippling.