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English noun: alveolar ridge

1. alveolar ridge (body) a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth


Synonymsalveolar process, gum ridge


Broader (hypernym)appendage, outgrowth, process


Part holonymalveolar artery, alveolus, arteria alveolaris, tooth socket


Part meronymjaw









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