alveolus

Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

alveolus (plural alveoli)

1. A small cavity or pit.
2. (anatomy) An anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity, as:
   1. (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.

      Synonym: pulmonary alveolus

   2. (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.

• alveolar
• alveolate
• dental alveolus

• Alveolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pulmonary alveolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• alveolus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• alveolus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• alveolus at OneLook Dictionary Search

alveus +‎ -olus

• (Classical) (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈwe.o.lus/, [aɫˈwe.ɔ.ɫʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ve.ˈo.lus/

alveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension

1. small hollow or cavity
2. tray, trough, basin
3. gaming board

Second declension.

• alveus

• 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, 1883–1887)
• alveolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

alveolus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968