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Descriptor
English
:
Gingival Overgrowth
Descriptor
Spanish
:
sobrecrecimiento gingival
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Crescimento Excessivo da Gengiva
Synonyms
English
:
Gingival Overgrowths
Overgrowth, Gingival
Overgrowths, Gingival
Tree Number:
C07.465.714.258.428
Definition
English
:
Excessive
growth
of the
gingiva
either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (
GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY
) or by an increase in their number (
GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA
). (From Jablonski's
Dictionary
of
Dentistry
, 1992, p574)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN or unspecified; prefer
GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY
or
GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
32943
Unique Identifier:
D019214
Occurrence in VHL
:
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