| hormonal gingivitis | Gingivitis in which the host response to bacterial plaque is presumably exacerbated by hormonal alterations occurring during puberty, pregnancy, oral contraceptive use, or menopause. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| antineoplastic agent, hormonal | Antineoplastic agent that are used to treat hormone-sensitive tumours. Hormone-sensitive tumours may be hormone-dependent, hormone-responsive, or both. A hormone-dependent tumour regresses on removal of the hormonal stimulus, by surgery or pharmacological block. Hormone-responsive tumours may regress when pharmacologic amounts of hormones are administered regardless of whether previous signs of hormone sensitivity were observed. The major hormone-responsive cancers include carcinomas of the breast, prostate, and endometrium; lymphomas; and certain leukaemias. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| contraceptives, oral, hormonal | Oral contraceptives which owe their effectiveness to hormonal preparations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contraceptives, postcoital, hormonal | Postcoital contraceptives which owe their effectiveness to hormonal preparations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hormonal | Pertaining to or of the nature of a hormone. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hormonal therapy | Treatment of cancer by alteration of the hormonal balance. Some cancer will only grow in the presence of certain hormones. (09 Oct 1997) |
| acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis | An acute or recurrent gingivitis of young and middle-aged adults characterised clinically by gingival erythema and pain, fetid odour, and necrosis and sloughing of interdental papillae and marginal gingiva which gives rise to a gray pseudomembrane; fever, regional lymphadenopathy, and other systemic manifestations also may be present. A fusiform bacillus and Treponema vincentii can be isolated from the gingival tissues in large numbers and are felt to play a significant but poorly defined role in the pathogenesis. Synonym: fusospirochetal gingivitis, trench mouth, ulceromembranous gingivitis, Vincent's disease, Vincent's infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atypical gingivitis | Intense hyperaemic oedema and inflammation of the gingiva resulting from a hypersensitivity reaction. A dense plasma cell infiltrate is seen in the lamina propria. Synonym: atypical gingivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal gingivitis | Gingivitis in which the clinical alterations are confined to the marginal gingiva and do not involve the attached gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingivitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the gingivae. Gingivitis associated with bony changes is referred to as periodontitis. Synonym: oulitis, ulitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gingivitis, necrotizing ulcerative | An acute or chronic gingival infection characterised by redness and swelling, necrosis extending from the interdental papillae along the gingival margins, pain, haemorrhage, necrotic odour, and often a pseudomembrane. The condition may extend to the oral mucosa, tongue, palate, or pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chronic desquamative gingivitis | A clinical term for a gingival condition of unknown aetiology, usually encountered in middle-aged and older women, characterised by erythema, mucosal atrophy, and desquamation, and usually accompanied by a burning sensation and pain; diagnosis is usually made by biopsy and direct immunofluorescence. Synonym: gingivosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell gingivitis | Intense hyperaemic oedema and inflammation of the gingiva resulting from a hypersensitivity reaction. A dense plasma cell infiltrate is seen in the lamina propria. Synonym: atypical gingivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proliferative gingivitis | Inflammatory changes in the gingiva characterised by proliferation of the gingival components. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperplastic gingivitis | Gingivitis of long-standing duration in which the gingiva becomes enlarged and firm due to proliferation of fibrous connective tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis | An acute or recurrent gingivitis of young and middle-aged adults characterised clinically by gingival erythema and pain, fetid odour, and necrosis and sloughing of interdental papillae and marginal gingiva which gives rise to a gray pseudomembrane; fever, regional lymphadenopathy, and other systemic manifestations also may be present. A fusiform bacillus and Treponema vincentii can be isolated from the gingival tissues in large numbers and are felt to play a significant but poorly defined role in the pathogenesis. Synonym: fusospirochetal gingivitis, trench mouth, ulceromembranous gingivitis, Vincent's disease, Vincent's infection. (05 Mar 2000) |