-lə̇s noun
( plural paruli·des -ləˌdēz)
Etymology: New Latin parulid-, parulis, from Greek paroulid-, paroulis, from para- para- (I) + -oulid-, -oulis (from oulon gum); probably akin to Greek eilein to wind, roll — more at voluble
: an abscess in the gum : gumboil