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ALVEOLAR PROCESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar process mean?
• ALVEOLAR PROCESS (noun)
The noun ALVEOLAR PROCESS has 1 sense:
1. a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge
Hypernyms ("alveolar process" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Meronyms (parts of "alveolar process"):
alveolus; tooth socket (a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth)
alveolar artery; arteria alveolaris (a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process)
Holonyms ("alveolar process" 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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