WikiWord

English

alveoli

noun

Meaning

  1. A small cavity or pit.
  2. An anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity, as:

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

cell(English)comb(English)pulmonary(English)bronchioles(English)bronchi(English)bronchial tubes(English)subarachnoid space(English)epididymis(English)alveolus(English)atelectasis(English)perfused(English)alveolar(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
alveoli — meaning and etymology | WikiWord