alveolus
(al-vē′ŏ-lŭs)

(al-vē′ŏ-lī″)

(al-vē′ŏ-lē″)

pl. alveoli [L. alveolus, small hollow, cavity]
1. A small hollow.
2. The bony socket of a tooth.
3. An air sac of the lungs.
ALVEOLUS OF LUNGS
4. Any of the honeycombed depressions of the gastric mucous membrane.
5. A follicle of a racemose gland.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Alveolus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756615/all/alveolus.
Alveolus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756615/all/alveolus. Accessed April 2, 2025.
Alveolus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756615/all/alveolus
Alveolus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756615/all/alveolus.
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