alveolo-, alveol-, alve-, alveat-

A postoperative complication of tooth extraction in which the blood clot fails to form; dry socket: An alveoalgia results in focal osteomyelitis and severe pain.

A lung disease: Some studies have been done regarding alveobronchiolitis which came about following the exposure to cellulose.

1. Pertaining to the small air sacs of the lungs: In her medical book, Mary read about alveolar compartments in the lungs or glands with secretory cells around a central space.
2. Concerning the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets: Since Judy was having a tooth ache, her dentist told her that she had an alveolar condition in which there was a disorder of one of the roots in her jaw bone which needed quick treatment.

Pertaining to a structure embodying cell-like cavities: In Mary's biology book, honeycombs were described as having an alveolate form or shape.

Subtotal or complete excision of the alveolar process (portion of a bone in either the maxilla [upper jaw bone] or the mandible [jaw bone] which surrounds and supports the teeth) of the maxilla or mandible: Sandy had a disorder in her mouth and an alveolectomy was necessary and involved a surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis

1. A swelling and painfulness of a dental alveolus: Mark was experiencing pain in his teeth and the dentist said that he had a case of alveolitis, or an ailment in one tooth socket.
2. An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs: Because Jack inhaled too much dust at work, he suffered from a condition of alveolitis and had to stay at home and take medicine for quite a while.

REgarding the capillaries around the alveoli: In her book , Jenny read about the alveolocapillary network of the surrounding area of minuscule blood vessels.

The obliteration of an alveolus: When studying dentistry, Ivy learned that alveoloclasia was the destruction, resorption, or breakdown of the alveolar bone which is the thickened ridge in the jaw where the tooth sockets are located and which support the teeth.

Pertaining to the alveolus and the teeth: In medical school, Susan learned that alveolodental originated in dentistry, and referred to the interaction between the teeth and the bone alveolar in which the teeth are secured.

Concerning the lips and the alveolar ridge; labioalveolar: In his book, Sam read about alveololabial processes of the mouth, the tooth-bearing ridge of the jaw and the lips of a person.

In phonetics, used to describe a consonant that is sounded with the tongue touching or close to the ridge behind the teeth of the upper jaw: The alveololingual area is located between the tongue and the mandibular alveolar process or ridge.

Pertaining to the nose and the alveolus: In medical class,Jeff learned about the alveolonasal region that related to the alveolar point and the nasion

Relating to the palatal surface of the alveolar process of the upper jaw: One example of an alveolopalatal sound is the soft "th", a fricative.

The alveolar process is the portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth.

In medicine, the surgical modification of the alveolar ridges: Dr. Kilfoil told Mrs. Lawson that she would need an alveoloplasty completed in order to prepare for the fitting of her new dentures.

A small pit or cavity: An alveolus is one of the sockets of the roots of the teeth in the mouth.

An alveolus can also be the very small air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs through which oxygen is taken into the blood.