English Explanatory Dictionary

alveolar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
  2. Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
  3. Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
  4. Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.
noun
  1. An alveolar consonant.

Pronunciation

/alˈviː.əl.ə/ /ˌal.viˈəʊ.lə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alveolar.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alveolar2.wav /ælˈvi.əl.ɚ/ /ælˈvi.lɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nail123Real-alveolar.wav

Word forms

alveolar alveolars

Etymology

From alveolus + -ar.

Synonyms

gingival

Related words

alveolary

Derived words

alveolar artery alveolar bed alveolar bone alveolar dead space alveolarisation alveolarization alveolarize alveolarly alveolar nerve alveolar process alveolar ridge alveolar socket apico-alveolar apicoalveolar basialveolar bialveolar bronchioalveolar bronchioloalveolar bronchoalveolar dentialveolar dentoalveolar inferior alveolar artery inferior alveolar nerve interalveolar intraalveolar labioalveolar lobuloalveolar microalveolar monoalveolar nasoalveolar nonalveolar palatoalveolar palato-alveolar parietoalveolar perialveolar postalveolar post-alveolar posterior superior alveolar artery retroalveolar subalveolar transalveolar tubuloalveolar zygomaticoalveolar
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