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Alveolar process

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.
  2. 2
    a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth wordnet

Etymology

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

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