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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Alveolus
Etymology:
L. alveolus: "a small hollow or cavity"
Definition:
Any of the many tiny air sacs/cavities in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
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