alveolitis
Noun
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Inflammation in the socket of a tooth;
Sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form (synset 114281495)hypernym: inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heatsynonym: dry socket -
Inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust;
With repeated exposure the condition may become chronic (synset 114281281)hypernym: inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heathyponym:- farmer's lung, thresher's lung - alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
- bagascosis, bagassosis - alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust)
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