alveolar gas

n.

The gas in the pulmonary alveoli and alveolar sacs, where the oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange with pulmonary capillary blood occurs.alveolar air

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Words nearby alveolar gas

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