periodontal

From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”).

periodontal (not comparable)

1. surrounding a tooth
2. Relating to the periodontium
3. Relating to periodontics
   • 2002, Leif Tronstad, Clinical Endodontics: A Textbook, page 70:

     Recently it has been shown that the bacterial flora of endodontic and periodontal abscesses differ in certain aspects. Thus, in an endodontic abscess, the number of spirochetes is between 0 and 10%, whereas in a periodontal abscess the spirochete count is about 40%.

• periodontally

• “periodontal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “periodontal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “periodontal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• deploration

• IPA^(key): /peɾjodonˈtal/ [pe.ɾjo.ð̞õn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pe‧rio‧don‧tal

periodontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural periodontales)

1. periodontal

• “periodontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024