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Alveolar osteitis

Also called Dry socket

DentistryImportant

Painful inflammation of exposed bone in a tooth socket after extraction, occurring when the protective blood clot is lost.

Korean

건성 발치와(드라이소켓)

발치 후 상처를 보호하는 혈전이 빠져 드러난 뼈에 심한 통증과 염증이 생기는 상태로, 치조골염이라고도 한다.

French

Alvéolite

Inflammation douloureuse de l'os exposé dans l'alvéole après une extraction, survenant quand le caillot protecteur est perdu; aussi appelée alvéolite sèche.

Word parts

  • oste/oRoot(Greek) Bone
  • -itisSuffix(Greek) Inflammation

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