gingivallyadv.
/dʒɪnˈdʒʌɪvəli/, /dʒɪnˈdʒʌɪvl̩i/, /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒᵻvəli/, /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒᵻvl̩i/, U.S. /dʒᵻnˈdʒaɪvəli/, /ˈdʒɪndʒəvəli/ Chiefly Dentistry.
Towards or in the direction of the gums; from or on a gingival surface; in relation to the gums. Often contrasted with occlusally.Quot. 1872 shows isolated earlier use in phonetics in the compound dento-gingivally (for the sense cf. alveolar adj. 1b).
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1872 H. Gundert Malayalam & Eng. Dict. p. xiv This n is marked by a grave accent and pronounced dento-gingivally.]
1894 G. V. Black in Trans. World's Columbian Dental Congr. 1893 II. 867 Also from the word gingival we have the word gingivally, toward the gingival line, or gums.
1908 G. V. Black Work Operative Dentistry I. 81 The tendency is [for dental caries] to spread bucco-lingually rather than gingivally.
1912 B. E. Lischer Princ. & Methods Orthodontics xiii. 202 An arm extended from the alignment wire..is made from an ordinary tube hook and prevented from dropping occlusally, or being forced gingivally, by flattening the alignment wire with a file along its lingual surface.
1977 Jrnl. Zoo Animal Med. 8 24/2 It was decided to perform a..pulpectomy to a depth of 5mm. gingivally into the pulp canal.
2014 D. A. Mitchell & L. Mitchell Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Dentistry (ed. 6) vii. 284 Clasps can be classified by their position (occlusally approaching or gingivally approaching).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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