Usually means: Bone supporting teeth in jaw.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. alveolar process: Merriam-Webster
  2. alveolar process: Vocabulary.com
  3. alveolar process: Dictionary.com
  4. Alveolar process: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. alveolar process: Rhymezone
  6. alveolar process: FreeDictionary.org
  7. alveolar process: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. alveolar process: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. alveolar process: Merriam-Webster
  10. alveolar process: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alveolar process: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alveolar process: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. alveolar process: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. alveolar process: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (alveolar process)

noun:  (anatomy) A bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.

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