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alveolar process

noun

Etymology

From New Latin processus alveolaris (“protuberance of tooth sockets”).

  1. borrowed from processus alveolaris

Definitions

  1. A bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the…

    A bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alveolar process. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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