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parulis

 [pah-roo´lis]
an elevated nodule at the site of a fistula draining a chronic periapical abscess; called also gum boil or gumboil.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

gin·gi·val ab·scess

an abscess confined to the gingival soft tissue.
Synonym(s): gumboil, parulis
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
A dental abscess, converted into a cyst with chronic drainage through a fistulous tract, seen by a plain film of the jaw
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

gin·gi·val ab·scess

(jin'ji-văl ab'ses)
An abscess confined to the gingival soft tissue.
Synonym(s): gumboil, parulis.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

parulis

A gumboil. An abscess in the tooth socket.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

gin·gi·val ab·scess

(jin'ji-văl ab'ses)
Lesion confined to gingival soft tissue.
Synonym(s): gumboil, parulis.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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