alveolus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alveolus (plural alveoli)

  1. A small cavity or pit.
    1. (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
    2. (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
      Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket
    3. (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.
    4. (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

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Etymology

From English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alvéolus (first-person possessive alveolusku, second-person possessive alveolusmu, third-person possessive alveolusnya)

  1. alveolus,
    1. (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
    2. (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.

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Latin

Etymology

From alveus (“a hollow, cavity”) +‎ -olus (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

alveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension

  1. diminutive of alveus:
    1. a small hollow or cavity
    2. a tray, trough, basin
    3. (board games) a small gaming board upon which the dice are thrown
    4. a small channel of a river
    5. (weaving) a weaver's shuttle (from its shape)
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Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alveolus alveolī
Genitive alveolī alveolōrum
Dative alveolō alveolīs
Accusative alveolum alveolōs
Ablative alveolō alveolīs
Vocative alveole alveolī

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References

  • “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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