alveolus
Meaning of alveolus
noun
- any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
- the bony socket for the root of a tooth.
late 17th century: from Latin, ‘small cavity’, diminutive of alveus .
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Hyphenation of alveolus
alve-o-lus
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- alveolus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of alveolus
Words that rhyme with alveolus
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