gnathitis

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin gnathitis. By surface analysis, gnath- +‎ -itis.[1]

Noun

gnathitis (uncountable)

  1. Inflammation of the cheek or upper jaw.

References

  1. ^ “gnathitis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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