The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.
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Alveolus
/ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/
Synonyms for "alveolus" (79 found)
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20 translations across 18 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yuvaq noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Bulgarian
1 entries- алвео́ла noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Catalan
1 entries- alvèol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Danish
1 entries- alveole noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Finnish
1 entries- alveoli noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
German
1 entries- Alveole noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Irish
1 entries- ailbheolas noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Māori
1 entries- miru noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sikildanok noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alveol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alveol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سنخ noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Persian
2 entries- آرج noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- آره noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Portuguese
1 entries- alvéolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Romanian
1 entries- alveolă noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- alveola noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Spanish
2 entries- alveolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alvéolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Thai
1 entries- เบ้าฟัน noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
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