Alveolus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A cell in a honeycomb.

II. Alveolus ·noun A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil.

III. Alveolus ·noun A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, ·etc.

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alveolus
alvĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [alveus], a small hollow or cavity. I A tray , trough , basin : alveolus lign...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
alveolus
alveolus ī, m dim.alveus, a tray, trough, basin : ligneus, Ph., L., Ta.— An oil jar , Iu.— A dice-...

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