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alveola

[al-vee-uh-luh]

noun

Botany, Zoology.

plural

alveolae 
  1. a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ.

  2. an alveolus.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of alveola1

< New Latin; Latin alveolus; alveolus

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