alveolus
alveolus · alveoli
альвеола
Lungenbläschen, Alveole
A small cavity or pitA small cavity or pit.: Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
UK/ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/US/ælˈvi.əl.əs/
Meaning
4 sensesA small cavity or pit.
Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
Lungenbläschen
альвеолаalʹveola
The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
small air sac in the lungs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
anatomy: hollow cavity:
small air sac in the lungs:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollowBorrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
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Forms
plural: alveoliSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways:air sacair cell
- a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth:tooth socket
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular