alveolar
al vee uh ler
- n a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
- a pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
- a pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw
alveolar processes
- Result: the English-language patient's tongue hits a foreign object right behind the alveolar ridge and doesn't know what to make of it.
- Called pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (because protein-like particles are deposited in the lungs' alveoli, or air sacs), it has been found in 27 patients, all but one in the last .
- To spread it over the lungs, he just moved his tiny patients about until the alveolar cells that make up the lining of the lung were all coated.