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单词 riggs disease
释义

Riggs' diseasen.

Brit. /ˈrɪɡz dᵻˌziːz/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡz dəˌziz/
Forms: 1800s– Rigg's disease (irregular), 1800s– Riggs' disease, 1800s– Riggs's disease.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Riggs , disease n.
Etymology: < the genitive of the name of John Mankey Riggs (1810–85), U.S. dentist, who conducted a discussion of the disease at the twelfth annual meeting of the Connecticut Valley Dental Society in October 1875 + disease n.
Dentistry. Now rare.
= periodontitis n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of gums
gumboil1753
pyorrhoea1787
gum-rash1822
epulis1859
gingivitis1860
periodontitis1870
sponginess1873
Riggs' disease1875
gingivostomatitis1900
periodontoclasia1914
periodontosis1936
1875 Johnston's Dental Misc. 2 17 Riggs' Disease was introduced by the reading of a paper by Dr. Brackett, and the discussion continued by Drs. Riggs and Atkinson.
1887 J. Tomes & C. S. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. (ed. 3) 695 The discharge..suggested the name pyorrhoea alveolaris, which has passed into general currency, while the warm advocacy of a particular form of treatment..has led to the frequent use of the term Rigg's disease.
1900 ‘M. Twain’ in McClure's Mag. Jan. 290 If you don't know what Riggs's Disease of the Teeth is, the dentist will tell you.
1932 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia, Oral Surg. & Radiogr. 18 1000 We have in another place..discussed abscess formation about the roots of teeth, or between the roots and the gums, in pyorrhea or Riggs' disease.
2003 M. Trowell Who Am I? 72 The individual suffered from Rigg's Disease and dental caries, which are gum and tooth disorders common in modern and not ancient civilisations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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