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al⋅ve⋅o⋅lus

  [al-vee-uh-luhs]
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–noun, plural -li  [-lahy] .
1. a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
2. an air cell of the lungs, formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
3. one of the terminal secretory units of a racemose gland.
4. the socket within the jawbone in which the root or roots of a tooth are set.
Origin:
1700–10; < L, equiv. to alve(us) concave vessel + -olus -ole 1
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al·ve·o·lus   (āl-vē'ə-ləs)   
n.   pl. al·ve·o·li (-lī')

  1. A small angular cavity or pit, such as a honeycomb cell.

  2. A tooth socket in the jawbone.

  3. A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac.


[Latin, small hollow, diminutive of alveus, a hollow, from alvus, belly.]
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Main Entry: al·ve·o·lus
Pronunciation: al-'vE-&-l&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural al·ve·o·li /-"lI, -(")lE/
: a small cavity or pit: as a : a socket for a tooth b : an air cell of the lungs c : an acinus of a compoundgland d : any of the pits in the wall of the stomach into which the glands open
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alveolus al·ve·o·lus (āl-vē'ə-ləs)
n. pl. al·ve·o·li (-lī')
A small angular cavity or pit, such as a tooth socket or an air sac.

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