alveolus
noun
al路ve路o路lus
| \ al-藞v膿-蓹-l蓹s
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plural alveoli\ al-藞v膿-蓹-藢l墨
, -(藢)l膿 \
, -(藢)l膿 \
Definition of alveolus
1
: a small cavity or pit: such as
a
: a socket in the jaw for a tooth
b
: a small air-containing compartment of the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and from which respiratory gases are exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries
c
: an acinus of a compound gland
d
: a cell of a honeycomb
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alveolus
noun
al路ve路o路lus
| \ al-藞v膿-蓹-l蓹s
\
\
plural alveoli\ -藢l墨
, -(藢)l膿
\
, -(藢)l膿
\
Medical Definition of alveolus
: a small cavity or pit: as
a
: a socket in the jaw for a tooth
b
: any of the small thin-walled air-containing compartments of the lung that are typically arranged in saclike clusters into which an alveolar duct terminates and from which respiratory gases are exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries
c
: an acinus of a compound gland
d
: any of the pits in the wall of the stomach into which the glands open