Dry Socket. Alveolalgias . Alveolar Osteitides . Alveolar Periostitides . Dry Sockets . Osteitides, Alveolar . Periostitides, Alveolar . Socket, Dry . Sockets, Dry . Alveolalgia . Alveolar Osteitis . Alveolar Periostitis . Alveolitis Sicca Dolorosa . Osteitis, Alveolar . Periostitis, Alveolar . A condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. (Dorland, 28th ed) . 1.00
Alveolata. A group of three related eukaryotic phyla whose members possess an alveolar membrane system, consisting of flattened membrane-bound sacs lying beneath the outer cell membrane. . 0.66
