alveolar resorption

NOUN
19 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A

alveolar resorption is a valid 19-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1L1V4E1O1L1A1R1R1E1S1O1R1P3T1I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING

What does alveolar resorption mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Wasting of the bony socket.