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English noun: Riggs' disease

1. Riggs' disease (state) chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets


Synonymspyorrhea, pyorrhea alveolaris, pyorrhoea


Broader (hypernym)periodontal disease, periodontitis


Narrower (hyponym)pericementoclasia









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