单词 | alveolar process |
释义 | > as lemmasalveolar process alveolar process n. [after scientific Latin processus alveolaris (1755 in the passage translated in quot. 1756)] the thickened ridge of the maxilla which contains the tooth sockets; (also) the corresponding structure in the mandible. ΚΠ 1756 tr. A. von Haller Pathol. Observ. 169 The jaw bone was shorter than usual, terminating at the socket of the third Dens molaris, before there was neither gum nor alveolar processes [L. alveolaris processus]. 1834 Lancet 10 May 219/1 If an artificial tooth be placed in the jaw, the gum shrinks, the alveolar process shrinks away from it; it will not adhere to the new object. 1926 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia 12 807 Such orthodontic difficulties..might be the result of fairly normal increments of growth of the alveolar processes associated with slight deviation from the normal alveolo-palatal angle. 2011 Dental Traumatol. 27 63 A five-year-old boy was admitted to the clinic..after a fall accident, which resulted in the fracture of the mandibular alveolar process. < as lemmas |
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