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Alveolitis
01
(medicine) inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust or other airborne particles
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The factory worker developed alveolitis from years of exposure to industrial dust.
02
(dentistry) painful inflammation of an empty tooth socket, especially after an extraction when a protective blood clot fails to form
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He experienced intense pain due to alveolitis following his wisdom tooth extraction.
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