ulitis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὖλον (oûlon, “gum”) +‎ -itis (“inflammation”).

Noun

ulitis (countable and uncountable, plural ulitides or ulitises)

1. (medicine) Inflammation of the gums.
   • 1873, James Edmund Garretson, A System of Oral Surgery:

     I do not think I have ever seen a case of pure uncomplicated syphilitic ulitis […]

   • 2006, Turkish Journal of Biology, volumes 30-32, page 233:

     The bark is used as a gargle for odontopathy, ulitis, and ulemorrhagia.

Related terms

• ulemorrhagia