alveolus
alveolus
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n.（名词） 【复数】al.ve.o.li[-lº”]
1.A small angular cavity or pit, such as a honeycomb cell.
小窝，蜂巢：小窝或小泡，如蜂房的巢室
2.A tooth socket in the jawbone.
牙槽：颚骨处的牙床
3.A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.Also called In this sense, also calledair sac
肺泡：肺中薄壁的、富有毛细血管的小液囊，在这里氧气和二氧化碳进行交换也作 在此意义上也可称作air sac
ORIGIN
1.Latin [small hollow] [diminutive of] alveus [a hollow]
拉丁语 [小穴] [] alveus的小后缀 [穴]
2.fromalvus [belly]
源自alvus [肚子]
