Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to an alveolus.
  • adjective Relating to the jaw section containing the tooth sockets.
  • adjective Relating to the alveoli of the lungs.
  • adjective Linguistics Formed with the tip of the tongue touching or near the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth, as the English (t), (d), and (s).
  • noun An alveolar sound.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In phonetics, formed or articulated by bringing the tip of the tongue into contact with the alveolar point of the upper front teeth, as the consonants t, d, n, l.
  • Containing or pertaining to a socket, cell, or pit. An equivalent form is alveolary.
  • Superior, a branch of the internal maxillary artery supplying the teeth of the upper jaw and adjacent structures.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
  • adjective (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.
  • adjective the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or relating to an alveolus
  • adjective anatomy Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets
  • adjective anatomy Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs
  • adjective phonetics Formed with the tip of the tongue touching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth
  • noun linguistics An alveolar consonant

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
  • noun a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
  • adjective pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

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Examples

  • In collaboration with Dr. Barr, who discovered the gene involved in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, Dr. Womer and others have used the chromosomal changes in sarcomas to determine response to treatment.

    Pediatric cancer research 2010

  • The angiogenic factor midkine is regulated by dexamethasone and retinoic acid during alveolarization and in alveolar epithelial cells.

    Recent Neonatal Research Publications 2010

  • The rise in alveolar and blood CO2 tensions produces at the kidneys, as shown by the work of Pitts47 and of Gilman48, a retention of bicarbonate, thus further raising blood and tissue CO2 levels, though of course relieving in part the uncompensated gaseous acidosis.

    Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • Currently, treatment is based on whether a patient's cancer is classified as alveolar or embryonal, which is determined by the appearance of a tumour sample under the microscope.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Wetsel and his colleague Dachun Wang, M.D., an IMM instructor, used a genetic selection procedure they created to generate a type of lung cell known as alveolar epithelial type II, which secretes surfactant, a substance that keeps the lung inflated, and can turn into another important lung cell that regulates the transfer of oxygen into the blood and the removal of carbon dioxide.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • Wetsel and his colleague Dachun Wang, M.D., an IMM instructor, used a genetic selection procedure they created to generate a type of lung cell known as alveolar epithelial type II, which secretes surfactant, a substance that keeps the lung inflated, and can turn into another important lung cell that regulates the transfer of oxygen into the blood and the removal of carbon dioxide.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • But a new study shows a different approach that targets cells known as alveolar macrophages to deliver the gene therapy to the lungs of mice with this form of inherited emphysema was successful in treating the condition for two years.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • The fox tapeworm is spread to humans in canine feces and can cause a fatal disease of the liver known as alveolar echinococcosis.

    Scientific American 2009

  • But a new study shows a different approach that targets cells known as alveolar macrophages to deliver the gene therapy to the lungs of mice with this form of inherited emphysema was successful in treating the condition for two years.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • But a new study shows a different approach that targets cells known as alveolar macrophages to deliver the gene therapy to the lungs of mice with this form of inherited emphysema was successful in treating the condition for two years.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

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