Definition of Alveolos
||Al*ve"o*lus (ăl*vē"&osl;*lŭs),
n.; pl. Alveoli (-lī).
[L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F.
alvéole. See Alveary.] 1. A cell
in a honeycomb.
2. (Zoöl.) A small cavity in a coral,
shell, or fossil
3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or
vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate
saccules of glands, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small cavity or pit.
- (anatomy) an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity
- (anatomy) a small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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