See Also: periapical periodontitis(medicine)
Periodontitis(health)
Periodontitis(medicine)
periodontitis(encyclopedia)
apical periodontitis(medicine)
suppurative periodontitis(medicine)
periodontitis simplex(medicine)
periodontitis complex(medicine)
periodontitis, juvenile(medicine)
juvenile periodontitis(medicine)

Wessex (iou) and periapical periodontitis (medicine)


Wessex (iou)



Wessex noun. L19.
[An Anglo-Saxon kingdom (see WEST SAXON), the name being revived by Thomas Hardy to designate the counties of SW England (esp. Dorset) in which his novels are set.]
Used attrib. to designate things originating in or associated with Wessex.
Wessex culture Archaeology an early Bronze Age culture in southern England represented by a characteristic range of grave-goods. Wessex saddleback (an animal of) a former breed of saddleback pig.

periapical periodontitis (medicine)


periapical periodontitis
Inflammation of the periapical tissue. It includes General, unspecified, or acute nonsuppurative inflammation. Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation is periapical granuloma. Suppurative inflammation is periapical abscess.