What is the meaning of Alveolus?

A small cavity or pit.

  1. Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.

    Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.

    The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.

    An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.

    The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

    alveolus,

    1. A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
    2. A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.

    A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.

    A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.

    Diminutive of alveus:

    1. a small hollow or cavity
    2. a tray, trough, basin
    3. a small gaming board upon which the dice are thrown
    4. a small channel of a river
    5. a weaver's shuttle (from its shape)

    a small hollow or cavity

    a tray, trough, basin

    a small gaming board upon which the dice are thrown

    a small channel of a river

    a weaver's shuttle (from its shape)

    Source: wiktionary.org