ALVEOLUS
\ˌalvɪˈə͡ʊləs], \ˌalvɪˈəʊləs], \ˌa_l_v_ɪ__ˈəʊ_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of ALVEOLUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A tooth socket or small pit or depression; the pyramidal ossicle supporting a tooth in the sea-urchin.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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same etymon. Their size and shape are determined by the teeth which they receive, and they are pierced at the apex by small holes, which give passage to the dental vessels and nerves.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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pl., alveoli. The bony socket of a tooth.
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The smallest pulmonary air space.
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Communicating section in a lymphatic gland, formed by the trabecular framework and filled with adenoid tissue.
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A shallow polygonal pit or recess, like those found especially on the mucous surface of the bladder, formed by the intersection of low ridges.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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