"alveolitis" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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 heat

synonym: 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 heat
hyponym:
- 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)