different between epulis vs parulis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ep?lis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??pju.l?s/
• Rhymes: -u?l?s

Noun

epulis (plural epulides)

1. (medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.

References

• “epulis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• pileus

Latin

Pronunciation

• ep?lis: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?pu.lis/, [??pu?lis]
• epul?s: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?e.pu.li?s/, [??p?li?s?]
• epul?s: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.pu.lis/, [???pulis]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (epoulís, “growth on the gums”).

Noun

ep?lis f (genitive ep?lidos); third declension (New Latin)

1. (medicine) A growth on the gum; an epulis.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

¹In poetry.

Descendants

• ? English: epulis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

epul?s n

1. dative/ablative plural of epulum

epul?s f (plural only)

1. dative/ablative of epulae

English

Noun

parulis (plural parulides)

1. Synonym of gumboil

Anagrams

• spirula, uprisal