alveolar

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  1. adjective Of or relating to an alveolus.
  2. adjective Anatomy Relating to the jaw section containing the tooth sockets: the alveolar ridge.
  3. adjective Anatomy Relating to the alveoli of the lungs.
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  • She listened to the silence While she plotted the cure for intra-alveolar pressure, I studied her room. —  AHMM,May2006
  • Compound tubulo-alveolar - Salivary glands Esophageal glands —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Large airways, blood vessels, and other non-alveolar structures were manually removed from the images. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Three and 24 h after pulmonary exposure, inflammation was assessed by mRNA levels of cytokines in lung tissue, cell composition, genotoxicity, protein and lactate dehydrogenase activity in broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Settings for image capture were chosen that allowed the detection of double positive cells at bronchio-alveolar-duct junctions (BADJs). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. from Latin alveolus, a small hollow or cavity, a tray, trough, basin, diminutive of alveus: see alveus.
 

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