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Meanings of lung alveolus in English

Russian
лёгочная альвеола
Portuguese
alvéolos pulmonares
Spanish
alvéolo pulmonar
Catalan
alvèol pulmonar

Hollow cavity found in the lungs.

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лёгочная альвеола
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Examples for "alveoli"
Examples for "alveoli"
1
Stretching of alveoli during lung inflation is the main trigger for surfactant secretion.
Pubmed
2
The rapid crescendo of pain as her lungs expanded and her alveoli exploded.
Gravity
3
Plugged alveoli attenuate the rays, and so appear on film as white patches.
The new yorker
4
Between them, the lungs have somewhere in the neighborhood of six hundred million alveoli.
The new yorker
5
Volatile substances can be released via alveoli, bronchial mucosa or from the upper airways.
Pubmed
1
Two patients developed distant metastases and one patient developed a second primary in the lower alveolus.
Pubmed
2
The monolayer surface tension is continuously regulated by the alveolus compression and expansion and protects the alveoli from collapsing.
Pubmed
3
Pertaining to an alveolus.
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