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transgingival

transgingival adjective: through or across the gums.

Adjective

transgingival (not comparable)

  1. Through or across the gums
    • In clinical practice, it shall be develop and implement suitably effective coating strategies on definitive prosthetic transgingival abutments or on zirconia crowns.2015 October 22, “Evaluation in a Dog Model of Three Antimicrobial Glassy Coatings: Prevention of Bone Loss around Implants and Microbial Assessments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transgingival

From trans- + gingival.

Questions about transgingival

What does transgingival mean?
Transgingival means through or across the gums.
What part of speech is transgingival?
Transgingival is an adjective.

Words near transgingival in the dictionary

  1. transgenosis
  2. transgenre
  3. transgentleman
  4. transgentlemen
  5. transgeographical
  6. transgingival
  7. transgirl
  8. transgirls
  9. transglabellar
  10. transglial
  11. transglobal

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