Tissue
gingiva
gin·gi·va [ jin-jahy-vuh, jin-juh- ]
Subclass of:
Periodontium
Etymology:
Latin gingiva = the gum
Definitions related to gingiva:
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Another term for gums: a form of oral tissue that covers the roots of teeth and surrounding bone.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Oral tissue surrounding and attached to TEETH.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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That part of the oral mucosa overlying the crowns of unerupted teeth and encircling the necks of those that have erupted, serving as the supporting structure for subadjacent tissues; formed by pale pink tissue immovably attached to the bone and the teeth, which joins the alveolar mucosa at the mucogingival junction.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The soft tissue surrounding the neck of individual teeth as well as covering the alveolar bone. The tissue is fibrous and continuous with the periodontal ligament and mucosal covering.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The tissue of the upper and lower jaws that surrounds the base of the teeth.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Gum, in anatomy, connective tissue covered with mucous membrane, attached to and surrounding the necks of the teeth and adjacent alveolar bone. Before the erupting teeth enter the mouth cavity, gum pads develop; these are slight elevations of the overlying oral mucous membrane. When tooth eruption...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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