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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

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  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
  2. adj. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
  3. adj. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw
  4. n. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
  5. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
  6. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillarybones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
  7. j:68/n:32 a. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs a. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw