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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A painful inflamed condition at the site of extraction of a tooth that occurs when a blood clot fails to form properly or is dislodged.
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- noun dentistry An
inflammation , usuallyacutely painful , of thealveolar bone followingextraction of atooth .
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- noun inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form
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