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alveolar bone
n. (context anatomy English) A ridge on the surface of a teeth-bearing bone, such as maxilla and mandible in humans, that contains the tooth sockets.
Usage examples of "alveolar bone".
The second bullet slammed into Wamus's thigh, splintering and lodging its fragments deep in alveolar bone.
Hart was so badly burned, he could be identified only by striking similarities of tooth root and trabecular alveolar bone points in antemortem and postmortem radiographs.