periodontosis

periodontosis [per-ee-oh-don-toh-sis] Word Origin noun Dentistry. (no longer in technical use)

1. rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.

Origin of periodontosis First recorded in 1935–40; periodont(ium) + -osis periodontosis in Medicine periodontosis [pĕr′ē-ō′dŏn-tō′sĭs] n.

1. A degenerative disease of the periodontal ligament and tooth sockets, characterized by looseness and migration of teeth.