alveolar
pronunciation
How to pronounce alveolar in British English:
UK [ælˈvi:ələ(r)]
How to pronounce alveolar in American English:
US [æl'viələr]
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- Noun:
- a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
- pertaining to the alveolar ridge
Word Origin
- alveolar (adj.)
- "pertaining to alveoli," 1799, from Modern Latin alveolus "socket of a tooth" (see alveolus).
Example
- 1. The two sounds are both alveolar fricatives .
- 2. Comminution of the mandibular or maxillary alveolar socket .
- 3. Intramembranous autogenous ramus graft in treatment of mandibular alveolar atrophy area .
- 4. Expansion thoracoplasty may improve respiratory function by increasing alveolar capillaries and preventing emphysematous changes .
- 5. To investigate the transdifferentiation of pulmonary artery endothelium cells to smooth muscle cells under hypoxia and the role of pulmonary alveolar macrophages ( pam ) in this process .