Reader's Digest 9月号の記事 "Do You Kiss Your Dog?" からの引用です。
A cold, the flu or even herpes can be easily passed along on a toothbrush, especially if you have gingivitis or bloody gums.
"gingivitis" は後に "bloody gums" とあるので。歯周炎かなと推測しますが、辞書の説明を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: inflammation of the gums: Swollen, painful or bleeding gums are signs of gingivitis, a gum infection.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an infection of the gums (= the part of the mouth from which the teeth grow) which causes swelling, pain, and sometimes bleeding: Secondly, there has been a very extensive epidemic of gingivitis, which disease is an early stage of scurvy.
A cold, the flu or even herpes can be easily passed along on a toothbrush, especially if you have gingivitis or bloody gums.
"gingivitis" は後に "bloody gums" とあるので。歯周炎かなと推測しますが、辞書の説明を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: inflammation of the gums: Swollen, painful or bleeding gums are signs of gingivitis, a gum infection.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an infection of the gums (= the part of the mouth from which the teeth grow) which causes swelling, pain, and sometimes bleeding: Secondly, there has been a very extensive epidemic of gingivitis, which disease is an early stage of scurvy.
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