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Alveolar   /ælvˈiələr/   Listen
Alveolar

noun
1.
A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge.  Synonyms: alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant.



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"Alveolar" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tooth-ach. The pain has been erroneously supposed, where there is no inflammation, to be owing to some acrid matter from a carious tooth stimulating the membrane of the alveolar process into violent action and consequent pain; but the effect seems to have been mistaken for the cause, and the decay of the tooth to have been occasioned by the torpor and consequent pain of ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin


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