A parulis is made up of inflamed granulation tissue.

"How many housing plans come to fruition is another story," said Meg Parulis, the town planner.

"We tried to help parents learn how they can help their children cope with divorce," said a psychologist in Waterford, Josephine Beebe, who developed that program with Elaine Parulis, executive director of Big Brothers-Big Sisters.

Intraoral dental sinus (also termed a parulis and commonly, a gumboil) is an oral lesion characterized by a soft erythematous papule (red spot) that develops on the alveolar process in association with a non-vital tooth and accompanying dental abscess.