ALVEOLUS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A cell in a honeycomb.

2.
n.

A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil

3.
n.

A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.


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