dental alveolus

English

The right-hand panel of this drawing gives a good diagram of a dental alveolus (labeled as 'socket') and the tooth that it holds.

Noun

dental alveolus (plural dental alveoli)

2. (medicine, anatomy) An alveolus (socket) in the jaw that holds a tooth. The roots of the tooth are held in the alveolar process by the periodontal ligament.

   Synonyms: tooth socket, alveolar socket

   Hypernyms: alveolus, socket (both are elliptically synonymous when the context is clear)

   Holonyms: alveolar process, alveolar ridge < jaw, jawbone < face < head < body

Translations

socket in the jaw

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙槽 (zh) (yácáo)

• Czech: zubní lůžko n
• Finnish: hammaskuoppa (fi)
• French: alvéole dentaire m or f
• German: Zahnfach (de) n
• Greek: φατνίο (el) n (fatnío)

  Ancient Greek: ὁλμίσκος m (holmískos), φατνίον n (phatníon)

• Hungarian: fogmeder (hu)
• Irish: log fiacaile m
• Ottoman Turkish: سنخ (sinh)
• Polish: zębodół (pl) m
• Portuguese: alvéolo (pt) m
• Romanian: alveolă dentară f
• Thai: เบ้าฟัน (th) (bâo-fan)