Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dry_socket

1 sense of dry socket

Sense 1
alveolitis, dry socket -- (inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form)
       => inflammation, redness, rubor -- (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)