ALVEOLAR RESORPTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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