tooth socket
Noun
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A bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth (synset 105292979)
is a type of: socket - a bony hollow into which a structure fitsis a part of: alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethsame as: alveolus
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