Gingia amorțește după anestezia locală.

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Breakdown of Gingia amorțește după anestezia locală.

• gingia: the gum; gingiva
• anestezia locală: the local anaesthesia
• a amorți: to go numb; numb

Questions & Answers about Gingia amorțește după anestezia locală.

Why is it gingia and not gingie?

Gingie is the dictionary form, meaning gum.
In the sentence, gingia means the gum.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• o gingie = a gum
• gingia = the gum

So gingia is the definite singular form.

Why is gingia singular when English often says the gums?

Romanian can use the singular to talk about gum tissue in a general or local medical sense. English often prefers the gums, but Romanian singular gingia is very natural here.

If you wanted to talk clearly about all the gums, you could use the plural:

• gingii = gums
• gingiile = the gums

So the singular here does not sound strange in Romanian.

What exactly does amorțește mean here?