Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun riggs'_disease

1 sense of riggs' disease

Sense 1
pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyorrhea alveolaris, Riggs' disease -- (chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets)
       => periodontal disease, periodontitis -- (a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth)