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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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"Alveolar" Quotes from Famous Books

... Greatest length of skull B: Zygomatic breadth C: Cranial breadth D: Length of nasals E: Total length F: Length of tail G: Length of lower tooth-row H: Condylo-alveolar length of mandible ...

— Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus • John A. White

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