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Answer for the clue "Lung air sacs ", 7 letters:
alveoli

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of: alveolus)

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See alveolus

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alveolus \Al*ve"o*lus\ ([a^]l*v[=e]"[-o]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Alveoli (-l[imac]). [L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F. alv['e]ole. See Alveary .] A cell in a honeycomb. (Zo["o]l.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil (Anat.) A small ...

Usage examples of alveoli.

She stopped and looked in a side chapel where bronchioles narrowed to alveoli.

But we’ll also look inside the alveoli of his lungs, and the tiny capillaries of his fingertips.

The air came hot into his lungs, searing the delicate alveoli with every slow breath.

A little matter of all the alveoli in your lungs being ruptured by exposure to vacuum.

She grabbed the perch by the door bubble and paused to flow new alveoli into her lungs to make up for the oxygen-depleted, carbon-dioxide-enriched air mix in the greenhouse.