infected socket

socket /sock·et/ (sok´it) a hollow into which a corresponding part fits.

dry socket a condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, with exposure of bone, inflammation of an alveolar crypt, and severe pain.

eye socket orbit.

tooth socket dental alveolus.

sock·et (s

1. The concave part of a joint that receives the articular end of a bone.

2. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as an eye fits.

socket,

the part of a prosthesis into which the stump of the remaining limb fits. Most modern prosthetic sockets are made of plastic, which is odorless and lighter and easier to clean than traditional leather sockets. See also acetabulum , acromion.

socket [sok´et]

a hollow into which a corresponding part fits.

dry socket a condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. Called also alveolar osteitis.

socket,

n 1. the hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint that receives the articular end of another bone.
2. a hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eyes.
3. an alveolus; the cavity in the alveolar process of the jaw in which the root of a tooth is fixed.

socket, dry,

n (alveolalgia, infected socket localized alveolar osteitis), an osteitis or periostitis associated with infection and disintegration of the clot after tooth extraction. Because of its painful nature, it also is called
alveolalgia.

socket, infected,

n See socket, dry.

socket

a hollow into which a corresponding part fits.

dry socket

alveolar osteitis.

tooth socket

see alveolus.

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