Alveolar

What do we mean by alveolar?

Of or relating to an alveolus. adjective

Relating to the jaw section containing the tooth sockets. adjective

Relating to the alveoli of the lungs. adjective

Formed with the tip of the tongue touching or near the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth, as the English (t), (d), and (s). adjective

An alveolar sound. noun

In phonetics, formed or articulated by bringing the tip of the tongue into contact with the alveolar point of the upper front teeth, as the consonants t, d, n, l. noun

Containing or pertaining to a socket, cell, or pit. An equivalent form is alveolary.

Superior, a branch of the internal maxillary artery supplying the teeth of the upper jaw and adjacent structures.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. adjective

Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth. adjective

The processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth. adjective

Of, or relating to an alveolus adjective

Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets adjective

Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs adjective

Formed with the tip of the tongue touching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth adjective

An alveolar consonant noun

Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs adjective

A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge noun

Pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw adjective

An alveolar consonant

Words that are spelled similarly to alveolar:
alveolar, alveola, alveoli, alveolus, areolar, alveolate, malleolar, alveole, alveolary, alvear, alveolars, foveolar, alveolo, alveolata, albeola, avelar, alveol, alveolo-, alveol-.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word alveolar:
alveolus, approximant, retroflex, trill, affricate, osteitis, fricative, sibilant, alveoli, plosive, palatal, velar, bilabial, gingiva, allophone, voiceless, surfactant, macrophage, mandibular, periodontal, maxilla, consonants, maxillary, gingival, flap, guttural, labial, mucosa, diacritic, glottal, phoneme, foramen, mandible, consonant, interstitial, capillaries, coronal, flapping, sarcoma, aspirated, apical, lateral, epithelial, articulation, nasal, ipa, palate, phonetic, nerve, pulmonary, tap, capillary, epithelium, dental, septa, click, cystic, bone, lungs, transcribed, edema, phonemes, phonemic, tooth, lung, pronunciation, ventilation, artery, fibrosis, pdl, hemorrhage, nerves, sinus, socket, voiced, ligament, anesthesia, molar, braille, glands, teeth, vowel, tongue, respiratory, retracted, inferior, alphabet, expiration, pneumonia, syllables, flaps, accents, stops, syllable, tapped, lining, pronounced, arterial, cyrillic, ridge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe alveolar:
inferior, superior, pulmonary, posterior, diffuse, residual, human, middle, anterior, normal, acute, dental, mixed, voiceless, bilateral, dento, chronic, simple, low, maxillary, palato, median, lower, intra, mandibular, hyperplastic, post, thin, patchy, initial, apical, maxillo, extensive, congenital, respiratory, focal, coarsely, fetal, murine, rat, widespread, mean, extra, ideal, lobule, tubulo, terminal, bronchiolo, delicate, laminal, retroflex, arterial, interstitial, adjacent, zygomatic, unilateral, necrotic, pre, villous, posterosuperior, atrophy, lingual, bronchiole, broncho, atypical, bronchiolar, apico, recurrent, nonbranched, unsuspected, loose, simultaneous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective alveolar:
bone, process, ridge, air, ventilation, nerve, crest, wall, gas, pressure, septa, mucosa, membrane, border, tension, surface, space, macrophages, margin, loss, artery, cells, arch, canal, structure, cleft, abscess, area, concentration, block, carcinoma, hypoventilation, equation, resorption, septum, portion, type, pattern, prognathism, vessels, growth, hemorrhage, lumen, lining, volume, plateau, exchange, ducts, spaces, fricative, oxygen, height, stop, destruction, edema, sac, capillary, flooding, fibers, dioxide, filling, tensions, nasal, interstitium, sacs, hyperventilation, rhabdomyosarcoma, arrangement, glands, cell, po2, pressures, septae, fracture, tissue, hypoxia, fractures, cavity, sarcoma, membranes, walls, abscesses, defect, pco2, fig, formation, exudate, epithelium, lavage, proteinosis, fluid, rupture, composition.

Consonant match to alveolar:
alveoli, alveola, alveoloplasty.

Words that sound like alveolar:
alveolar, alveoli, alveol, alluvial, alveolus, ovular, elvia, olvia, eviler, eliel, valvular, salvia, alkali, alva, avel, aval, alvey, allia, algal, raveler, alvear, cavaler, allea, allier, alveolar arch, alveolar ridge, alluvia, alvin ailey.