alveolar arch

Other forms: alveolar arches

Definitions of alveolar arch
  1. noun
    the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
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    type of:
    appendage, outgrowth, process
    a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
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