Akademik

parulis
SYN: gingival abscess. [G. paroulis, gumboil, fr. para, beside, + oulon, gum]

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pa·ru·lis pə-'rü-ləs n, pl -li·des -lə-.dēz an abscess in the gum: GUMBOIL

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pa·ru·lis (pə-rooґlis) [para- + Gr. oulon gum] an elevated nodule at the site of a fistula draining a chronic periapical abscess. Called also gumboil (or gum boil).

Medical dictionary. 2011.