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alveola

American

[al-vee-uh-luh] / ælˈvi ə lə /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

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

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

alveolae

plural

Etymology

Origin of alveola

< New Latin; Latin alveolus; see alveolus

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