| alveoli | A small cell containing air in the lungs, a sac-like dilation of the alveolar ducts in the lung (plural: alveoli) (27 Sep 1997) |
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| alveoli pulmonis | One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries. Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolingual | Relating to the lingual (inner) surface of the alveolar process of the lower jaw. Synonym: alveolingual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolitis | <pathology> Inflammation of an alveolus. Synonym: odontobothritis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| alveolitis, extrinsic allergic | Conditions in which inhalation of organic dusts results in hypersensitivity reactions at the alveolar level, associated with the production of precipitins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary alveoli | Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tapetum alveoli | <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |