See Also: attached gingiva(medicine)
attached craniotomy(medicine)
attached cranial section(medicine)
Gingiva(health)
gingiva(medicine)
septal gingiva(medicine)
lingual gingiva(medicine)
labial gingiva(medicine)
free gingiva(medicine)
buccal gingiva(medicine)

osmotic (iou) and attached gingiva (medicine)


osmotic (iou)



osmotic adjective. M19.
[from OSMOSE or OSMOSIS: see -OTIC.]
Of, pertaining to, or caused by osmosis (lit. & fig.).
osmotic pressure a measure of the tendency of a solution to draw solvent through a semipermeable membrane by osmosis, equal to the pressure that must be applied to the solution to keep it in equilibrium with pure solvent. osmotic shock a sudden lowering of the osmotic pressure of the liquid surrounding a cell or virus, causing inflow of liquid and consequent rupture.
Economist In the osmotic way these things happen, virtually all..were absorbed by Other local Industries.
osmotically adverb by the process of osmosis; as regards osmosis: L19.

attached gingiva (medicine)


attached gingiva


That part of the oral mucosa which is firmly bound to the tooth and alveolar process.