What it means
The root in words about the lungs' air sacs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. An alveolusal-VEE-uh-lus (plural alveoli, al-VEE-uh-ly)One of the tiny air sacs at the ends of the smallest airways in the lungs.Full entry is one sac (plural alveoli), alveolar means relating to the air sacs, and alveolitis is inflammation of them. In dentistry the same root names the bony socket that holds a tooth.
At a glance
| Also written | alveol-, alveolo- |
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