alveolus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/, /alˈviː.əl.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈvi.əl.əs/
- Rhymes: -iːələs
Noun edit
alveolus (plural alveoli)
- A small cavity or pit.
- (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
- (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
- Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket
- (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
- (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
- (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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
anatomy: hollow cavity
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small air sac in the lungs
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References edit
- “alveolus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “alveolus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “alveolus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “alveolus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alvéolus (first-person possessive alveolusku, second-person possessive alveolusmu, third-person possessive alveolusnya)
- alveolus,
- (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
- (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “alveolus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From alveus (“a hollow, cavity”) + -olus (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈu̯e.o.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈve.o.lus/, [älˈvɛːolus]
Noun edit
alveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension
- Diminutive of alveus:
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | alveolus | alveolī |
Genitive | alveolī | alveolōrum |
Dative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Accusative | alveolum | alveolōs |
Ablative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Vocative | alveole | alveolī |
Derived terms edit
- alveolātus (adjective)
- alveolāris (adjective)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of alveolus in other languages
References edit
- “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