Alveolitis

Definitions: Alveolitis

Alveolitis

Noun

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.

Specialty Definitions: Alveolitis

Domain	Definitions
Health	Inflammation of an alveolus. Called also odontobothritis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Alveolitis

Synonym: dry socket (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alveolitis

English words defined with "alveolitis": bagascosis, bagassosis ♦ farmer's lung ♦ thresher's lung. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alveolitis": allergic alveolitis, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic ♦ bird breeder's disease, bird breeder's lung, bird breeders'lung, bird fancier's disease, bird fancier's lung, bird fanciers'lung, bird rearers'lung, budgerigar fancier's lung, budgerigar fanciers'lung ♦ duck fever ♦ extrinsic allergic alveolitis ♦ mushroom grower's lung, mushroom picker's lung, mushroom worker's lung, mushroom worker's pneumonitis, mushroom-worker's lung ♦ pulmonary disease of champignon workers ♦ wood dust asthma, wood pulp worker's disease, wood worker's lung, woodworker's lung. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Alveolitis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (alveolitis), Dutch (alveolitis), German (alveolitis).

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Non-Fiction Usage: Alveolitis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Alveolitis - Inflammation of the alveoli. (references)
		The early stages are marked by alveolitis, an inflammation of the air sacs called alveoli, in the lungs. (references)
		It is thought that sarcoidosis of the lungs begins with alveolitis (inflammation of the alveoli), the tiny sac like air spaces in the lungs where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Alveolitis

"Alveolitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alveolitis" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Alveolitis

Expressions using "alveolitis": allergic alveolitis ♦ extrinsic allergic alveolitis. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alveolitis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
alveolitis	17
alveolitis fibrosing	5
alveolitis dental	4
alveolitis maxillary	3
alveolitis fibrosierende idiopathische	3
alveolitis extrinsic allergic	2
allergic alveolitis	2
alveolitis cryptogenic fibrosing	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alveolitis

Language		Translations for "alveolitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		alveolitis, periodontitis (periodontitis). (various references)

Dutch		alveolitis, periodontitis (periodontitis). (various references)

Finnish		allerginen alveoliitti (allergic alveolitis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis). (various references)

French		alvéolite, périodontite, péricémentite, desmodontite. (various references)

German		Alveolitis (periodontitis). (various references)

Greek		κυψελίτιδα, περιοδοντίτις (periodontitis), ενδοφατνίτις (periodontitis). (various references)

Italian		alveolite, periodontite (periodontitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		alveolitisay

Portuguese		alveolite, periodontite (periodontitis, periosteum). (various references)

Spanish		periodontitis (periodontitis). (various references)

Swedish		exogen allergisk alveolit (allergic alveolitis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Alveolitis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: volatilise.
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-o-s-t-v"
	-1 letter: illatives, ovalities, volatiles.
	-2 letters: illative, violates, vitalise, volatile.
	-3 letters: alveoli, estival, illites, iolites, isolate, laities, oiliest, solvate, tailles, tallies, villose, violate, violets, violist, vitelli.
	-4 letters: aiolis, allies, allots, atolls, avoset, illest, illite, iolite, liaise, lilies, listel, livest, loaves, lovats, olives, osteal, sallet, saltie, silvae, solate, soviet, stelai, stella, taille, tallis, telial, toiles, valets, valise.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-o-s-t-v"
	+1 letter: volatilised, volatilises, volatilizes.
	+2 letters: alleviations, lovabilities, volatilities.
	+3 letters: solvabilities, violabilities.
	+4 letters: novelistically.
	+5 letters: inviolabilities, voyeuristically.
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