Gomphiasis

[gɔm'faiәsis]

(n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

Edited by Daisy

n. looseness of the teeth esp. the molars.—n. Gomphō′sis a kind of synarthrosis or immovable articulation as of the teeth in the jaw.

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