alveolar resorption(n = noun.state) - wasting of the bony socket;
is a kind of periodontal disease, periodontitis

alveolar, alveolar arch, alveolar artery, alveolar bed, alveolar consonant, alveolar ectasia, alveolar point, alveolar process, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar rhabdosarcoma, alveolar ridge, inferior alveolar artery, resorption, superior alveolar artery