alveolus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/, /alˈviː.əl.əs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈvi.əl.əs/
- Rhymes: -iːələs
Noun
editalveolus (plural alveoli)
- A small cavity or pit.
- (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
- Synonym: pulmonary alveolus
- (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
- Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket
- (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
- 1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:
- The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.
- (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
- (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editanatomy: hollow cavity
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small air sac in the lungs
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References
edit- “alveolus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “alveolus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “alveolus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “alveolus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalvéolus (first-person possessive alveolusku, second-person possessive alveolusmu, third-person possessive alveolusnya)
- alveolus,
- (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
- (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “alveolus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom alveus (“a hollow, cavity”) + -olus (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈu̯e.o.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈve.o.lus/, [älˈvɛːolus]
Noun
editalveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension
- diminutive of alveus:
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | alveolus | alveolī |
Genitive | alveolī | alveolōrum |
Dative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Accusative | alveolum | alveolōs |
Ablative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Vocative | alveole | alveolī |
Derived terms
edit- alveolātus (adjective)
- alveolāris (adjective)
Related terms
editDescendants
editDescendants of alveolus in other languages
References
edit- “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alveolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alveolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- alveolus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
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