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ALVEOLAR ARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar arch mean?
• ALVEOLAR ARCH (noun)
The noun ALVEOLAR ARCH has 1 sense:
1. the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("alveolar arch" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("alveolar arch" is a part of...):
jaw (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)
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