gingival
/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvəl/
gingival adjective: relating to the gums.
Adjective
gingival (not comparable)
Synonyms of gingival
Origin of gingival
Borrowed from New Latin gingīvālis.
Words formed from gingival
Words that rhyme with gingival
- revival
- arrival
- survival
- rival
- adjectival
- buccogingival
- corrival
- estival
- infinitival
- nival
- ogival
- subnival
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- substantival
- ablatival
- accusatival
- aestival
- arch-rival
- archrival
- conjunctival
- corival
- corneoconjunctival
- datival
- deprival
- derival
- diminutival
- distogingival
- genitival
- gerundival
- imperatival
- intraconjunctival
- keratoconjunctival
- myoconjunctival
- negatival
- non-arrival
- nonarrival
- nonconjunctival
- nonrival
- outrival
- passival
- perspectival
- pharyngoconjunctival
- possessival
- predicatival
- relatival
- scleroconjunctival
- subconjunctival
- subgingival
- thyroprival
- transconjunctival
- unarrival
Questions about gingival
- What does gingival mean?
- Gingival means relating to the gums.
- What part of speech is gingival?
- Gingival is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gingival?
- Gingival is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvəl/.
Words near gingival in the dictionary
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