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air sac

noun

Definition of air sac

1 : one of the air-filled spaces in the body of a bird connected with the air passages of the lungs
3 : a thin-walled dilation of a trachea occurring in many insects

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As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019 As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The View' Star Meghan McCain LOST It After Whoopi Goldberg Returned to Give a Health Update," 14 Mar. 2019

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First Known Use of air sac

circa 1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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air sac

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Kids Definition of air sac

: one of the small pouches in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged

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