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(surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess.
Use alveolotomy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alveolotomy means (surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess.
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