"alveolar ridge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alveolar ridges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alveolar ridge (plural alveolar ridges)
  1. (anatomy) A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: gum ridge, alveolar process Translations (ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible): سِنْخ (sinḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), cresta alveolar [feminine] (Catalan), 齒嵴 (Chinese Mandarin), 齿嵴 (chǐjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hammasvalli (Finnish), crête alvéolaire [feminine] (French), Alveolarkamm [masculine] (German), Zahndamm [masculine] (German), वर्त्स्य कटक (vartsya kaṭak) (Hindi), cresta alveolare [feminine] (Italian), alveolaire kamp (Limburgish), ᠪᠦᠢᠯᠡ (büile) [China, Mongolian] (Mongolian), wał dziąsłowy [masculine] (Polish), processo alveolar [masculine] (Portuguese), cresta alveolar [feminine] (Spanish), tandvall [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-alveolar_ridge-en-noun-o~lULuKY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "sense": "ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible",
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      "word": "cresta alveolare"
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      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible",
      "word": "alveolaire kamp"
    },
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      "sense": "ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible",
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      "sense": "ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible",
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