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epiphysis
perialveolar
respiratory tract
air sac
alveolocapillary
carbon dioxide
cavity
lower airway
buccoapical
lung
tooth socket
alveoloclasia
basialveolar
alveolonasal
alveolobuccal
alveolar
alveoli
palatoalveolar
alveolarization
alveolotomy
lobuloalveologenesis
alveologenesis
socket
intraalveolar
pit
lobuloalveolar
oxygen
dental alveolus
bronchoalveolar
alveololingual
blood
alveolodental
tooth
Definitions:
Noun
alveolus
air sac
air cell
Definition: a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
Definition: A small cavity or pit.
Definition: 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.