Definitions for alveolus

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alveolus al·ve·o·lus

Spelling: [al-vee-uh-luh s]

IPA: /ælˈvi ə ləs/

Alveolus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in alveolus (aellosuv).

Definitions for alveolus

noun

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 gland.
4. the socket within the jawbone in which the root or roots of a tooth are set.

Origin of alveolus

1700-10; Latin, equivalent to alve(us) concave vessel + -olus -ole¹

Examples for alveolus

Limited portions of the alveolus are frequently broken in the extraction of teeth.

What is meant is a piece of the alveolar process, or portion of bone around the alveolus.

The inflammation begins close to the alveolus, and may spread back along the palate.

A dental plate should be fitted to fill up the gap in the alveolus.

In the Atlantic City specimen the axis of the tooth where it emerges from the alveolus is 91 mm.

The alveolus lies entirely behind the symphysis, its anterior end being 160 mm.

The margins of the cleft in the lip are also attached to the alveolus by firm reflections of the mucous membrane.

A muco-purulent discharge escapes from within the free edge of the gum and alveolus.

The teeth all are present and entire except that p2 on the right side is missing from its alveolus.

The tooth should be pulled out straight, lest the alveolus be broken.