alveolar duct

n.

The part of the respiratory passages beyond the respiratory bronchioles, from which the alveolar sacs and alveoli arise.

The smallest of the intralobular ducts in the mammary gland, into which the secretory alveoli open.

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Nearby words

alveolar arch, alveolar artery, alveolar cell, alveolar cell carcinoma, alveolar dead space, alveolar duct, alveolar gas, alveolar gingiva, alveolar gland, alveolar macrophage, alveolar point

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