alve'olus, pi., alveoli. 1

The bony socket of a tooth. 2. The smallest pulmonary air space. 3. Communicating section in a lymphatic gland, formed by the trabecular framework and filled with adenoid ti ue. 4. A shallow polygonal pit or rece , like those found especially on the mucous surface of the bladder, formed by the intersection of low ridges. a. pulmoneus. A pulmonary air space. mucous alveoli of the salivary glands. Those that secrete the ropy material of the saliva, containing mucin. parietal a. An air space in the wall of an alveolar pa age in the lung, serous alveoli of the salivary glands. Those that secrete the serous albumin of the saliva, which coagulates when heated. terminal a. An air space connected with a pulmonary infundibulum. [Lat., dim. of alveus, a hollow.]