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alveolare

alveolare noun: the lowest point on the septum between the central incisors of the upper jaw.

Noun

alveolare

  1. The lowest point on the septum between the central incisors of the upper jaw.
    • Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21
    • This growth has the net effect of displacing the midfacial orbital bloc posterosuperiorly relative to the alveolare-spenoccipital axis.1983, R. E. Herron, Biostereometrics '82: August 24-27, 1982, San Diego, California, page 335

Origin of alveolare

Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

Questions about alveolare

What does alveolare mean?
Alveolare means the lowest point on the septum between the central incisors of the upper jaw.
What part of speech is alveolare?
Alveolare is a noun.

Words near alveolare in the dictionary

  1. alveolar processes
  2. alveolar ridge
  3. alveolar ridges
  4. alveolar socket
  5. alveolar sockets
  6. alveolare
  7. alveolargenesis
  8. alveolarisation
  9. alveolarise
  10. alveolarised
  11. alveolarises

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