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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Riggs' disease
 
PRONUNCIATION:  rgz
NOUN: Inflammation of the tissues surrounding and supporting the teeth.
ETYMOLOGY:After John Mankey Riggs (1810–1885), American dentist.
 
 
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