alveolo-, alveol-, alve-, alveat-
(Latin: trough, channel; small cavity, small pit; hollow)
alvei (plural)
alveobronchiolitis
alveolar
alveolate
alveolectomy
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.
alveoli (plural)
alveolitis
alveolocapillary
alveoloclasia
alveolodental
alveololabial
alveololingual
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.
alveolonasal
alveolopalatal
Relating to the palatal surface of the alveolar process of the upper jaw.
The alveolar process is the portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth.
alveoloplasty
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube":
antro-;
anu-;
celo-;
coelio-;
concho-;
fenestra-;
hernio-;
hiat-;
meato-;
ora-;
parieto-;
poro-;
pyl-, pyle-;
pylor-;
sphinctero-;
splanchn-;
stomato-;
syringo-;
uretero-;
urethro-;
vagino-;
ventricul-.
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