ALVEOLITIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolitis mean? 

• ALVEOLITIS (noun)
  The noun ALVEOLITIS has 2 senses:

1. inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form
2. inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic

  Familiarity information: ALVEOLITIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALVEOLITIS (noun)

Meaning:

Inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alveolitis; dry socket

Hypernyms ("alveolitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Meaning:

Inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("alveolitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alveolitis"):

farmer's lung; thresher's lung (alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay)

bagascosis; bagassosis (alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust))