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alveolar resorption |
alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma |
alveolar rhabdosarcoma |
alveolar ridge |
alveolary |
alveolate
| alveole
| alveoliform
| alveolitis
| alveolus
| alveus
alveolate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective alveolate has 1 sense
- alveolate(s = adj.all) cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted - pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb); Array Derived form noun alveolus1
CIDE DICTIONARY
alveolate, a. [L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus.].
Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
alveolate
Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.
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