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Definition of Gingival
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the gums.
Definition of Gingival
1. a. Of or pertaining to the gums.
Definition of Gingival
1. Adjective. Relating to the gums. ¹
2. Adjective. (linguistics) (obsolete) Alveolar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gingival
1. gingiva [adj] - See also: gingiva
Medical Definition of Gingival
1. Relating to the gums. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingival
Literary usage of Gingival
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive anatomy of the human teeth by Greene Vardiman Black (1897)
"These angles are named in the same way for the bicuspids and molars, except that
the word buccal is substituted for labial ; thus, mesio-bucco-gingival ..."
2. Technic and scope of cast gold and porcelain inlays with a chapter on by Herman E. S. Chayes (1918)
"A variation presents itself in the location of the right angles, as follows: In
upper molars the right angle presents at the gingival plane of the ..."
3. Dental Electro-therapeutics by Ernest Sturridge (1918)
"Periodontal Disease—Incipient Infection of the gingival Trough— Septic Infection
of gingival Trough without Suppuration—Septic Infection of Periodontal ..."
4. Dominion Dental Journal (1903)
"4 non-cohesive foil, using a third, a half, or 'even a whole sheet, as the area
of the gingival wall may suggest. The thickness of the rope should in all ..."
5. The Practice of Dentistry: A Practical Treatise Upon the Generalpractice of by Leo Greenbaum, Max Greenbaum (1912)
"Cavities in the gingival Third of Labial, Buccal and Lingual Surfaces. ...
27 shows decay at three separate places in the gingival Pio. 27. Fio. 26. ..."
6. The Eclectic practice of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1864)
"... with many times a well marked red line at the border of the gums (gingival
margin), is sum- As the disease progresses there is further loss of strength, ..."