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General anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit
Alveolus (; pl. alveoli, adj. alveolar) is a general anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit.
Uses in anatomy and zoology
Uses in botany, microbiology and related disciplines
- Surface cavities or pits, such as on the stem of
Myrmecodia species
- Pits on honeycombed surfaces such as
receptacles of many
angiosperms
- Pits on the fruiting bodies of
fungi such as Boletus or the ascocarps of fungi such as typical ascomycetes
- Pits on the valves of the tests of many
diatoms
- Membrane supporting vesicles of the
alveolates
Uses in linguistics
See also
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The dictionary definition of
alveolus at Wiktionary
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The dictionary definition of
alveolar at Wiktionary
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Alveolar soft part sarcoma, a very rare type of soft-tissue sarcoma,
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Acinus, considered by some (but not all) sources to be synonymous with Alveolus