alveolus

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Latin alvus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin alveus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -olus
Latin alveolusbor.
English alveolus
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    Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ALVEOLUSCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ALVEOLUS alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

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    alveolus (plural alveoli)Category:English lemmas#ALVEOLUSCategory:English nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:English countable nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ALVEOLUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with entries#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALVEOLUS

    1. A small cavity or pit.
      1. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#ALVEOLUS) 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
      3. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#ALVEOLUS, dentistryCategory:en:Dentistry#ALVEOLUS) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
        Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket, alveolar socket
      4. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#ALVEOLUS) 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.
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      5. (entomologyCategory:en:Entomology#ALVEOLUS) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

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    From EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from English#ALVEOLUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#ALVEOLUS alveolus, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#ALVEOLUS alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

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    alvéolus (plural alveolus-alveolus)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ALVEOLUSCategory:Indonesian nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with entries#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALVEOLUS

    1. alveolus,
      1. (anatomyCategory:id:Anatomy#ALVEOLUS, pulmonologyCategory:id:Pulmonology#ALVEOLUS) a small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood
      2. (anatomyCategory:id:Anatomy#ALVEOLUS, dentistryCategory:id:Dentistry#ALVEOLUS) a dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides

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    Latin alvus
    Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
    Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
    Proto-Italic *-ejos
    Proto-Italic *-eos
    Latin -eus
    Latin alveus
    Proto-Indo-European *-lós
    Proto-Indo-European *-elós
    Proto-Italic *-elos
    Latin -ulus
    Latin -olus
    Latin alveolus

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

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      alveolus m (genitive alveolī)Category:Latin lemmas#ALVEOLUSCategory:Latin nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:Latin second declension nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#ALVEOLUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ALVEOLUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with entries#ALVEOLUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALVEOLUS; second declension

      1. diminutive of alveusCategory:Latin diminutive nouns#ALVEOLUS:
        1. a small hollow or cavity
        2. a tray, trough, basin
        3. (board gamesCategory:la:Board games#ALVEOLUS) a small gaming board upon which the dice are thrown
        4. a small channel of a river
        5. (weavingCategory:la:Weaving#ALVEOLUS) a weaver's shuttle (from its shape)
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      Second-declension noun.

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      • “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, 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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