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ALVEOLAR RESORPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar resorption mean?
• ALVEOLAR RESORPTION (noun)
The noun ALVEOLAR RESORPTION has 1 sense:
1. wasting of the bony socket
Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR RESORPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wasting of the bony socket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alveolar resorption" is a kind of...):
periodontal disease; periodontitis (a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth)
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