I had a tooth pulled on Friday and now the blood clot that was over the extraction site is gone and I can now see what appears to be either bone or a piece of tooth sticking out of the site. I have eaten nothing but soft mushy foods since surgery, nothing I have had to chew.
â¢ PATRILINEAGE (noun). The noun PATRILINEAGE has 1 sense: 1. line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family. Familiarity information: PATRILINEAGE used as a noun is very rare.
MATRILINEAL SOCIETIES are societies in which descent is traced through mothers rather than through fathers. In matrilineal societies, property is often passed from mothers to daughters and the custom of matrilocal residence may be practiced. Patrilineal Descent is traced through fathers rather than through mothers.