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alveolus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun alveolus has 2 senses
- alveolus(n = noun.body) air cell, air sac - a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways; Array is a part of lung
- alveolus(n = noun.body) tooth socket - a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth; Array is a kind of socket
is a kind of sac
Derived form adjective alveolate1
is a part of alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge
CIDE DICTIONARY
alveolus, n. [L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F. alvéole. See Alveary.].
- A cell in a honeycomb. [1913 Webster]
- A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil [1913 Webster]
- A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alveolus, n. (pl. alveoli)
1 a small cavity, pit, or hollow.
2 any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
3 the bony socket for the root of a tooth.
4 the cell of a honeycomb.
1 a small cavity, pit, or hollow.
2 any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
3 the bony socket for the root of a tooth.
4 the cell of a honeycomb.
Derivative
alveolate adj.
Etymology
L dimin. of alveus cavity
THESAURUS
alveolus
alveolar ridge, alveolation, antrum, apex, armpit, arytenoid cartilages, back, basin, blade, bowl, cavity, concave, concavity, crater, crypt, cup, dent, depression, dimple, dint, dip, dorsum, fold, follicle, funnel chest, furrow, gouge, hard palate, hole, hollow, hollow shell, honeycomb, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, lacuna, larynx, lips, nasal cavity, notch, oral cavity, palate, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, pit, pock, pocket, pockmark, print, punch bowl, scoop, shell, sink, sinus, socket, soft palate, speech organ, sunken part, syrinx, teeth, teeth ridge, tip, tongue, trough, velum, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box, vugROGET THESAURUS
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Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.
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