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alveolusA tiny air sac in the lungs. Plural alveoli.
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alveolus1706, from Latin alveolus "a tray, trough, basin; bed of a small river," diminutive of alvus "belly, stomach, paunch, bowels; hold of a ship," from PIE *aulo- "hole, cavity&qu [..]
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alveolusSac in lungs absorbing oxygen from the air into the blood.
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alveolus[noun] A small sac-like structure in the body, especially common in the lung. A lung alveolus has extremely thin walls that aid in the exchange of gases including O2 and CO2. Appears in modules:
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alveolusgrape-like cluster of tiny “balloons” in the lungs. ameba (amoeba)
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alveolus(n) a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways(n) a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
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alveolusA hollow part of the Alveolar Process of the Maxilla or Mandible where each Tooth fits and is attached via the Periodontal Ligament.
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alveolusSmall polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal Bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary Capillary Blood t [..]
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alveolusSocket, as in tooth socket.
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alveolusTiny air-holding sac formed at the end of air passageways in the lungs, where the barrier between the air and the blood is a thin membrane.
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alveolus(Pl. ALVEOLI) - A pocket in the cuticula accommodating a seta or similar unicellular structure.
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alveolusSac-like structure of the lung where oxygen exchange occurs. Alveoli are pleural.
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alveolusA small cell containing air in the lungs, a sac-like dilation of the alveolar ducts in the lung (plural: alveoli) (27 Sep 1997)
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