English Explanatory Dictionary

alveolus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cavity or pit.
  2. 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.
  3. The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
  4. An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
  5. The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

Pronunciation

/ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/ /alˈviː.əl.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alveolus.wav /ælˈvi.əl.əs/

Word forms

alveolus alveoli

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin alvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin alveus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin alveolusbor. English alveolus Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

Synonyms

pulmonary alveolus dental alveolus tooth socket alveolar socket

Derived words

alveolar alveolate alveolation alveoliform alveolitis alveolo-

Translations

Azerbaijani: yuvaq Bulgarian: алвео́ла Catalan: alvèol Danish: alveole Finnish: alveoli German: Alveole Irish: ailbheolas Northern Kurdish: sikildanok Māori: miru Norwegian Bokmål: alveol Norwegian Nynorsk: alveol Persian: آرج Persian: آره Portuguese: alvéolo Romanian: alveolă Serbo-Croatian: alveola Spanish: alvéolo Spanish: alveolo Thai: เบ้าฟัน Ottoman Turkish: سنخ
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