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单词 alveolus
释义 alveolus
 /al vee"euh leuhs/,  n.  ,  pl.   alveoli /-luy'/.
  1. a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
  2. an air cell of the lungs, formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
  3. one of the terminal secretory units of a racemose gland.
  4. the socket within the jawbone in which the root or roots of a tooth are set.
 [1700-10; < L, equiv. to alve(us) concave vessel + -olus -OLE1]
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