Noun alveolitis has 2 senses
  1. alveolitis, dry socket - inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form
    --1 is a kind of inflammation, redness, rubor
  2. alveolitis - inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic
    --2 is a kind of
    inflammation, redness, rubor
    --2 has particulars: farmer's lung, thresher's lung; bagassosis, bagascosis
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