"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 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”) 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)
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  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
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  3. A small cavity or pit.
    (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy
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  4. A small cavity or pit.
    (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
    Categories (topical): Entomology
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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 28 27 19

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        "A small cavity or pit.",
        "An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ],
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "acinus",
          "acinus"
        ],
        [
          "saclike",
          "saclike#English"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity#English"
        ],
        [
          "gland",
          "gland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A small cavity or pit.",
        "(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Entomology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small cavity or pit.",
        "The socket of a macrotrichium (seta)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ],
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "socket",
          "socket"
        ],
        [
          "macrotrichium",
          "macrotrichium"
        ],
        [
          "seta",
          "seta#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A small cavity or pit.",
        "(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/alˈviː.əl.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ælˈvi.əl.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːələs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "yuvaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvèol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alveole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "alveoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alveole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ailbheolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "sikildanok"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "miru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sinh",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "سنخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âraj",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "آرج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âra",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "آره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvéolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alveolă"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alveola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvéolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bâo-fan",
      "sense": "anatomy: hollow cavity",
      "word": "เบ้าฟัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hawysilatan hawayiya",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "حويصلة هوائية"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "yuvaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "alveóla",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алвео́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvèol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèipào",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "肺泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plicní sklípek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alveole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "rakkula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "keuhkorakkula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "alvéoles pulmonaires"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Lungenbläschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kypselída",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κυψελίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "nōiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "נֹאדִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "alveolus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ailbheolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haihō",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "肺胞"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skildanokê hewayê"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "miru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pęcherzyk płucny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvéolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alveolă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹveola",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "альвеола"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alveola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alvéolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alveolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alveol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lungblåsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "supot-hangin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "small air sac in the lungs",
      "word": "ถุงลม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alveolus"
}

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