Medical Definition of Alveolalgia

1. A postoperative complication of tooth extraction in which the blood clot in the socket disintegrates, resulting in focal osteomyelitis and severe pain. Synonym: alveolalgia, alveolar osteitis, dry socket. Origin: alveolus + G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alveolalgia

alunquas
alure
alures
alutaceous
alvameline
alvanite
alvarezsaurid
alvarezsauroid
alvearies
alveary
alveated
alvei
alvelous
alveoalgia
alveola
alveolalgia (current term)
alveolar
alveolar-arterial oxygen difference
alveolar abscess
alveolar adenocarcinoma
alveolar air
alveolar angle
alveolar arch
alveolar arch of mandible
alveolar arch of maxilla
alveolar artery
alveolar atrophy
alveolar bed
alveolar body
alveolar bone

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