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" (83 found)
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52 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حويصلة هوائية noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- yuvaq noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- yuvaq noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Bulgarian
2 entries- алвео́ла noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- алвео́ла noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Catalan
2 entries- alvèol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alvèol noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肺泡 noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Czech
1 entries- plicní sklípek noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Danish
2 entries- alveole noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveole noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Finnish
3 entries- alveoli noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- keuhkorakkula noun (small air sac in the lungs)
- rakkula noun (small air sac in the lungs)
French
1 entries- alvéoles pulmonaires noun (small air sac in the lungs)
German
2 entries- Alveole noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- Lungenbläschen noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Greek
1 entries- κυψελίδα noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Hawaiian
1 entries- nōiki noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֹאדִית noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Hungarian
1 entries- alveolus noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Irish
2 entries- ailbheolas noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- ailbheolas noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Japanese
1 entries- 肺胞 noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Māori
2 entries- miru noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- miru noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- sikildanok noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- skildanokê hewayê noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- alveol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveol noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- alveol noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveol noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سنخ noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Persian
2 entries- آرج noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- آره noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
Polish
1 entries- pęcherzyk płucny noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Portuguese
2 entries- alvéolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alvéolo noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Romanian
2 entries- alveolă noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveolă noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Russian
1 entries- альвеола noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- alveola noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveola noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Spanish
4 entries- alveolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alveolo noun (small air sac in the lungs)
- alvéolo noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
- alvéolo noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Swedish
2 entries- alveol noun (small air sac in the lungs)
- lungblåsa noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Tagalog
1 entries- supot-hangin noun (small air sac in the lungs)
Thai
2 entries- ถุงลม noun (small air sac in the lungs)
- เบ้าฟัน noun (anatomy: hollow cavity)
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