- terminal alveolus
- 络泡
Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
terminal alveolus
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alveolus — /al vee euh leuhs/, n., pl. alveoli / luy /. 1. a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb. 2. an air cell of the lungs, formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways. 3. one of the terminal secretory units of a racemose… … Universalium
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