ALVEOLAR RIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar ridge mean? 

• ALVEOLAR RIDGE (noun)
  The noun ALVEOLAR RIDGE 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 RIDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALVEOLAR RIDGE (noun)

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 ridge" 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 ridge"):

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 ridge" is a part of...):

jaw (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)

 Context examples 

A congenital gingival tumor that occurs along the alveolar ridge of the maxilla.

(Congenital Epulis, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical preparation of the alveolar ridges, commonly used for the reception of dentures.

(Alveoloplasty, NCI Thesaurus)