interalveolar septum

interalveolar septum definition - medical

in·ter·al·ve·o·lar septum (ĭnˌtər-ăl-vēˈə-lər)

noun
The close-meshed capillary network covered by thin alveolar epithelial cells that intervenes between adjacent pulmonary alveoli.

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