Толковый словарь английского языка - alveolus
Alveolus
alveolus
noun (plural alveoli) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of alveus cavity, hollow, from alvus belly, beehive; akin to Lithuanian aulys beehive, Greek aulos tube, flute Date: circa 1706 a small cavity or pit: as, a socket in the jaw for a tooth, a small air-containing compartment of the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and from which respiratory gases are exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries, an acinus of a compound gland, a cell of a honeycomb, teethridge
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n. (pl. alveoli) 1 a small cavity, pit, or hollow. 2 any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange. 3 the bony socket for the root of a tooth. 4 the cell of a honeycomb. Derivatives alveolate adj. Etymology: L dimin. of alveus cavity ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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