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