"alveolus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /alˈviː.əl.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ælˈvi.əl.əs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alveolus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: alveoli [plural]
Rhymes: -iːələs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alveolus||a small hollow or cavity}} Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), {{m|la|alveus||a hollow, cavity}} alveus (“a hollow, cavity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|alveoli}} alveolus (plural alveoli)
  1. A small cavity or pit.
    (anatomy) 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.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: pulmonary alveolus Translations (small air sac in the lungs): حويصلة هوائية (hawysilatan hawayiya) (Arabic), yuvaq (Azerbaijani), алвео́ла (alveóla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), alvèol [masculine] (Catalan), 肺泡 (fèipào) (Chinese Mandarin), plicní sklípek [masculine] (Czech), alveole [common-gender] (Danish), rakkula (Finnish), keuhkorakkula (Finnish), alvéoles pulmonaires [feminine, plural] (French), Lungenbläschen [neuter, plural, singular] (German), κυψελίδα (kypselída) [feminine] (Greek), nōiki (Hawaiian), נֹאדִית [feminine] (Hebrew), alveolus (Hungarian), ailbheolas [masculine] (Irish), 肺胞 (haihō) (Japanese), miru (Maori), skildanokê hewayê [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), alveol [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), alveol [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pęcherzyk płucny [masculine] (Polish), alvéolo [masculine] (Portuguese), alveolă [feminine] (Romanian), альвеола (alʹveola) (Russian), alveola [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alvéolo [masculine] (Spanish), alveolo [masculine] (Spanish), alveol [common-gender] (Swedish), lungblåsa [common-gender] (Swedish), supot-hangin (Tagalog), ถุงลม (Thai)
    Sense id: en-alveolus-en-noun-aV7J-eeu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 22 17 24 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'small air sac in the lungs': 73 11 8 9
  2. A small cavity or pit.
    (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Dentistry Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket
    Sense id: en-alveolus-en-noun-ckekrFIK Topics: anatomy, dentistry, medicine, sciences
  3. A small cavity or pit.
    (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-alveolus-en-noun-ZoYUTyMp Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. A small cavity or pit.
    (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
    Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-alveolus-en-noun-8WCsb04O Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alveolar, alveolate, alveolation, alveoliform, alveolitis, alveolo- Translations (anatomy: hollow cavity): yuvaq (Azerbaijani), alvèol [masculine] (Catalan), alveole [common-gender] (Danish), alveoli (Finnish), Alveole [feminine] (German), ailbheolas [masculine] (Irish), miru (Maori), sikildanok (Northern Kurdish), alveol [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), alveol [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سنخ (sinh) (Ottoman Turkish), آرج (âraj) (Persian), آره (âra) (Persian), alvéolo [masculine] (Portuguese), alveolă [feminine] (Romanian), alveola [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alvéolo [masculine] (Spanish), alveolo [masculine] (Spanish), เบ้าฟัน (bâo-fan) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'anatomy: hollow cavity': 27 27 27 19

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      "word": "supot-hangin"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "ถุงลม"
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