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    ALVEOLAR PROCESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethplay

    Synonyms:

    alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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