Etymology

gnathitis

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Today it means: Inflammation of the cheek or upper jaw. Full definition →

New Latin gnathitis
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromgnathitis
  2. English todaygnathitis

Learned borrowing from New Latin gnathitis. By surface analysis, gnath- + -itis.

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