Word.ws English Dictionary

alveolar process

alveolar process noun: a bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.

Noun

alveolar process (plural alveolar processes)

  1. A bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.
    Synonyms:
    alveolar ridge

alveolar process meaning in Tamil

alveolar process in Tamil

பல்லுரல் நீட்டம்

Synonyms of alveolar process

Forms of alveolar process

pluralalveolar processes

Origin of alveolar process

From New Latin processus alveolaris (“protuberance of tooth sockets”).

Questions about alveolar process

What does alveolar process mean?
Alveolar process means a bony ridge or raised thickened border of the upper or lower jaw that contains the sockets of the teeth.
What is alveolar process in Tamil?
Alveolar process in Tamil is பல்லுரல் நீட்டம். See Alveolar process meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alveolar process?
Alveolar process is a noun.
What is the plural of alveolar process?
The plural of alveolar process is alveolar processes.

Words near alveolar process in the dictionary

  1. alveolar bones
  2. alveolar dead space
  3. alveolar dead spaces
  4. alveolar nerve
  5. alveolar nerves
  6. alveolar process
  7. alveolar processes
  8. alveolar ridge
  9. alveolar ridges
  10. alveolar socket
  11. alveolar sockets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alveolar process (page history and authors); alveolar process (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “alveolar process.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/alveolar_process. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.