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Gingivitis is a mouth problem: the gums (the pink flesh around your teeth) become red, swollen, and sore, and they may bleed when you brush. It is usually caused by plaque left on the teeth. Dentists treat it as an early warning; if you clean better, it can get better. If it is left, it can turn into a deeper gum disease that harms the bone around the teeth — though gingivitis itself has not gone that far yet. You will hear it in clinics and health posters, not in casual chat; at home people just say “my gums are sore” or “gum disease.”
牙齦炎
組成gingiva (the medical word for “gum”) + -itis (inflammation, swelling and soreness).
同家族的字
- gingivathe medical name for the gum, the flesh around a tooth
- gingivalthe adjective: of or around the gums
- arthritisanother -itis word: inflammation of a joint
- tonsillitisanother -itis word: inflammation of the tonsils
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gingivitisnoun/ˌd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪˈvaɪtəs/
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medicinepathologysciencesInflammation of the gums or gingivae.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。