alveolite (alveolit)

[NL. Alveoli tes.] A fo il polyp of the genus Alveoli tes. Alveoli tes (al-ve-o-li'tēz), n. [NL., strata, founded by Lamarck in 1806. alveolocondylean (al-vēō-lō-kon-dil'e-an), a. Of or pertaining to the alveolus and condyle. - Alveolocondylean plane. See craniometry. alveolodental (al-vēō-lō-dental), a. Pertaining to the teeth and their sockets. - Alveolodental canal, the canal in the upper and in the lower jaw, through which pa the dental ve els and nerves. alveolosubnasal (al-vēō-lō-sub-nā'zal), a. In craniom., pertaining to the alveolar and subnasal points of the skull. - Alveolosubnasal prognathism, the prognathism measured by the angle be tween the line joining the alveolar and subnaan points and the alveolocondylean plane. See these terms and craniometry. alveolus (al-vē'ō-lus), n.; pl. alveoli (-li). [NL. application of L. alveolus, a small hollow or Alysia cavity, dim. of alveus, a tray, trough, basin: see alveus.] In general, any little cell, pit, cavity, fo a, or socket, as one of the cells of a honeycomb, etc. Also called alveole. Although these organs [of the torpedo and other electric fishes) differ greatly from one another in position,. they all agree in being composed of alveoli of various forms, which are bounded by connective ti ue, and filled with a jelly-like substance. Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 500. Specifically, in zool .: (a) The socket of a tooth; the pit in a jaw-bone in which a tooth is inserted. Each alveolus serves as the socket of a long tooth, somewhat like the incisor of a rodent. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 492. (6) An air-cell; one of the compartments, about one hunand alveolar pa ages of the lungs. (c) One of the pits or dredth of inch in diameter, the infundibula compartments in the mucous membrane of the second stomach of a ruminant; a cell of "honeycomb" tripe. See cut under ruminant. (d) A certain vacant space in the sarcode of a radiolarian, either within or without the capsule. Pascoe. (e) A cell or pit in certain fo ils, as in an alveolite. (f) One of the ultimate follicles of a racemose gland. See acinus, 2 (b). (g) One of the five hollow cuneate calcareous dentigerous pieces which enter into the composition of the complex dentary apparatus or oral skeleton of a sea-urchin. See lantern of Aristotle (under lantern ), and cuts under clypeastrid and Ech i no idea. Alveopora (al-ve-o-po'ra), n. [NL., bath-tub, channel of a river, etc., alvine (al'vin, -vin), a. [= F. alvin, ... Mephibosheth shall eat bread alway at my table. 2 Sam. ix. 10. Hard by a poplar shook alway , All silver-green with gnarled bark. Tennyson, Mariana. always (al'wāz), adv. [ same. Ev'n in heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts Were always downward bent. Milton, P. L., i. 681. Once a poet, always a poet. O. W. Holmes, Emerson, xv. 2. Every time; at all recurring times; as often as occasion arises: as, he always comes home on Saturday. You always end ere you begin. Shak ., T. G. of V., ii. 4. Alydinæ (al-i-di'ne), n. pl. [NL., Coreida .