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Noun: Riggs's disease
  1. Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets
    "The dentist diagnosed advanced Riggs's disease";
    - pyorrhea [N. Amer], pyorrhoea [Brit], pyorrhea alveolaris, Riggs' disease

Type of: periodontal disease, periodontitis