gomphiasis
English
Etymology
From γόμφος, meaning peg. New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
Noun
gomphiasis (uncountable)
- (medicine) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gomphiasis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)