Parulis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of gumboil.
"This tooth had occasioned several fluxions, terminated by parulis, which opened sometimes spontaneously, and sometimes by the aid of cataplasms and emolient gargles; but, as the tooth had not been removed, the parulides remained fistulous […]"
Example
More examples"This tooth had occasioned several fluxions, terminated by parulis, which opened sometimes spontaneously, and sometimes by the aid of cataplasms and emolient gargles; but, as the tooth had not been removed, the parulides remained fistulous […]"
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