Medical Definition of Parulis
1. Synonym: gingival abscess. Origin: G. Paroulis, gumboil, fr. Para, beside, + oulon, gum (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parulis
Literary usage of Parulis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Pathology and Diagnostics: With Therapeutic Hints by Charles Godlove Raue (1882)
"... and inflammatory nature—in toothache, parulis—or of an ... The special discuses
of the gums are: parulis, ..."
2. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1839)
"parulis, or spina ventosa; swellings of an acute or chronic nature, from which
there is usually a purulent secretion. 2. Epulis; a solid growth from, ..."
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