| alveolar gingiva | Gingival tissue applied to the alveolar bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| attached gingiva | That part of the oral mucosa which is firmly bound to the tooth and alveolar process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal gingiva | That portion of the gingiva that covers the buccal surfaces of the teeth and alveolar process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingiva | The gum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| septal gingiva | That portion of the gingiva that covers the interdental septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labial gingiva | That portion of the gingiva that covers the labial surfaces of the teeth and the alveolar process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free gingiva | That portion of the gingiva that surrounds the tooth and is not directly attached to the tooth surface; the outer wall of the gingival sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual gingiva | That portion of the gingiva that covers the lingual surfaces of the teeth and the alveolar process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal | Occurring at or very close to the margin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| marginal adaptation | <dentistry> The degree of proximity and interlocking of filling material to the wall of the cavity of a tooth. The term has come to be used synonymously with adaptation at the cavosurface margin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| marginal artery of colon | Artery formed by anastomoses between the right and left colic artery's; it passes downward from the left colic flexure to the aboral end of the pelvic colon. Synonym: artery of Drummond, Riolan's arc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal artery of drummond | <radiology> Formed by, right and left br. Of middle colic a., and left and right colic aa., runs along mesenteric border of colon, supplies vasa recta (12 Dec 1998) |
| marginal band | A bundle of equatorially located microtubules that stabilise the biconvex shape of platelets and avian erythrocytes. They are unusual in that they do not derive from the centrosomal microtubule organising centre. (18 Nov 1997) |
| marginal blepharitis | Inflammation of the margins of the eyelids. Synonym: ciliary blepharitis, marginal blepharitis. Meibomian blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid margin and the meibomian glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal corneal degeneration | Bilateral opacification and vascularization of the periphery of the cornea, progressing to formation of a gutter and ectasia. Synonym: ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |