alveolus
noun pl. alveoli
- Anat., Zool. a small cavity or hollow, as a cell of a honeycomb, air cell of a lung, tooth socket, etc.
- the alveolar ridge; teethridge
See alveolus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ăl-vēˈə-ləs)
noun pl. al·ve·o·li (-līˌ) - A small angular cavity or pit, such as a honeycomb cell.
- A tooth socket in the jawbone.
- A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac.
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