Term: periodontal disease: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: simplification: elimination of superfluous details
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: living space: space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: visible spectrum: the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: continent: one of the large landmasses of the earth
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: eubacteriales: one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: alpha receptor: receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: fifteen: the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: carillonneur: a musician who plays a carillon
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: latin: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: clinopodium: wild basil