gumline
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gumline (plural gumlines)
- The line along the top of the gums, where they meet the surface of the teeth
- 2007 December 20, Martha Schindler Connors, “Pearly Wisdom”, in New York Times[1]:
- Leaving plaque along the gumline leaves gums swollen and inflamed and apt to bleed.