alveolus
111atelectasis — atelectatic /at l ek tat ik/, adj. /at l ek teuh sis/, n. Pathol. 1. incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth, as from lack of breathing force. 2. collapse of the lungs, as from bronchial obstruction. [1855 60; < NL; see ATELIOSIS, ECTASIS] * * …
112emphysema — emphysematous /em feuh sem euh teuhs, see meuh , zem euh , zee meuh /, adj. emphysemic, adj. /em feuh see meuh, zee /, n. Pathol. 1. a chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs… …
113respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …
114Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …
115alveoli — Plural of alveolus. * * * al·ve·o·li (al veґo li) genitive and plural of alveolus …
116alveolo- — An alveolus, the alveolar process; alveolar. [L. alveolus, a concave vessel, a bowl, a basin, fr. alveus, a trough, + olus, small, little; akin to alvus, the belly, the womb] …
117alveoloclasia — Destruction of the alveolus. [alveolo + G. klasis, breaking] * * * al·ve·o·lo·cla·sia (al ve″ə lo klaґzhə) [alveolo + Gr. klasis breaking] destruction of the dental alveolus; see marginal periodontitis, under periodontitis …
118alveolotomy — Surgical opening into a dental alveolus to allow drainage of pus from a periapical or other intraosseous abscess. [alveolo + G. tome, incision] * * * al·ve·o·lot·o·my (al″ve ə lotґə …
119lung — One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. In humans, the right l. is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a… …
120phatnorrhagia — Hemorrhage from a dental alveolus. [G. phatnoma, manger (alveolus), + G. rhegnymi, to burst forth] …
