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alveolus

[al-vee-uh-luhs] / ælˈvi ə ləs /
NOUN
lung
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In one example, six nests were stacked within a single alveolus, arranged one inside another like Russian dolls.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The diagram shows a red blood cell in an alveolus and then in a body tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A focus-stacked picture of a tiny, 3D-printed alveolus, or artificial lung.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 16, 2019

The alveolates are named for the presence of an alveolus, or membrane-enclosed sac, beneath the cell membrane.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Alveolar length of upper molar tooth-row.—from the most posterior point of the alveolus of the third upper molar to the most anterior point of the alveolus of the first upper molar.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Anderson, Sydney




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