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syllabicate (iou) and pulmonary alveolus (medicine)


syllabicate (iou)



syllabicate verb trans. M17.
[Back-form. from SYLLABICATION.]
Syllabify.

pulmonary alveolus (medicine)


pulmonary alveolus


One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries.

Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells.