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adjective

Alveolar adj. (Anat.)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

(Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.

Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.

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Etymology of 'Alveolar'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... horizontal wrinkles on the forehead, so that he looks at least ten years older than his actual age. The upper jaw is of partial V-shape, the lower well developed. The teeth and their tubercles and the alveolar process are normal. The breasts are full. The body is generally well developed; the ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... lost teeth and the consequent alveolar absorption, and for a reduction proportional to that shown in the rest of the skull, the difference in average weight in fifty European and fourteen Australian male jaws at the College of Surgeons turned out to be less than a fifth of an ounce, or about ...

— Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? - An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin • William Platt Ball