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alveolus
  1. A small cavity or pit.
  2. (anatomy) an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity
  3. (anatomy) a small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He found a major cause of bronchial asthma and many other chronic diseases to be a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the alveolus of our lungs.”
      “Within the oral cavity, the upper alveolus and hard palate are frequent sites.”
      “These problems can be fixed by grafting bone matter onto the alveolus.”
alveolarization
  1. (anatomy) The formation of alveoli
  2. (phonology) The conversion (over time) to alveolar sounds of sounds with another place of articulation (palatal, labial, etc.)
  3. Examples:
    1. “The main feature of alveolarization is the subdivision of the pre-existing voluminous saccules by septation, which leads to smaller units and an increased total surface area.”
      “Elastin synthesis is increased during the canalicular and saccular stage of fetal development and reaches a peak during alveolarization in the neonatal stage.”
alveolitis
  1. (medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
  2. (medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
  3. Examples:
    1. “This second group was further subdivided into conditions that are part of a systemic disease or fibrosing alveolitis.”
      “Although still in his mid-50s and in the prime of his productive professional life, fibrosing alveolitis had left him severely disabled.”
      “On oxygen 24-hours-a-day, the 54-year-old suffers from cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.”
alveococcosis
  1. A form of helminthiasis (alveolar hydatid disease) caused by certain tapeworms
alveolate
  1. (biology) A grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates
alveologenesis
  1. The formation of the alveoli of the lungs
alveolarisation
  1. Alternative spelling of alveolarization
alveole
  1. Archaic form of alveolus.
alveolar
  1. (linguistics) An alveolar consonant
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The English language has several alveolar sounds, including the dental-alveolar affricate and the alveolar flap.”
alveolarizations
  1. plural of alveolarization
alveoli
  1. plural form of alveolus
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Scientists also suspect that air pollutants might dampen the growth of alveoli, tiny air sacs in the lungs.”
      “The respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli occupy the space between the core and septal structures.”
      “Many alveoli in the functioning lung can remain at low volume for extended periods.”
alveolates
  1. plural of alveolate
  2. Examples:
    1. “Current thinking in the phylogeny of protists places the dinoflagellates in the Alveolates, along with the Apicomplexa, Ciliata, and Foraminifera.”
alveolars
  1. plural of alveolar
alveoles
  1. plural of alveole
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