Term: alveolar resorption: wasting of the bony socket
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: second: a speech seconding a motion
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: lady's smock: a bitter cress of Europe and America
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: leaseholder: a tenant who holds a lease
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: sardina: pilchards
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: insurgency: an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: road builder: someone whose business is to build roads
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: hogfish: large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: remote-control bomb: a bomb that can be detonated by remote control
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: diuresis: increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
Broader: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Unrelated: greenback party: a former political party in the United States; organized in 1874; opposed any reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation