tooth socket

English

Noun

tooth socket (plural tooth sockets)

1. (anatomy) A socket in the jaw in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process with the periodontal ligament.

Synonyms

• dental alveolus

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)