(al-vē'ŏ-lŭs )

(al-vē'ŏ-lī‵ )

(al-vē'ŏ-lē‵ )

Plural: alveoli

[L. alveolus, small hollow, cavity]

1. A small hollow.
2. The bony socket of a tooth.
3. An air sac of the lungs.

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4. Any of the honeycombed depressions of the gastric mucous membrane.
5. A follicle of a racemose gland .

alveoli of the breast Gland ular structures arranged in clusters throughout the breast and the site of milk synthesis.

a. dentalis A tooth socket.

pulmonary a.Any of the terminal epithelial sacs of an alveolar duct where gases are exchanged in respiration. It is informally called an “air sac.”SYN: alveolar sac.

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alveoli pulmonis Pulmonary alveoli.