ALVEOLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar mean? 

• ALVEOLAR (noun)
  The noun ALVEOLAR has 1 sense:

1. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

  Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR used as a noun is very rare.

• ALVEOLAR (adjective)
  The adjective ALVEOLAR has 2 senses:

1. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs

2. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

  Familiarity information: ALVEOLAR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALVEOLAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

alveolar; alveolar consonant; dental; dental consonant

Hypernyms ("alveolar" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Derivation:

alveolar (pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw)

• ALVEOLAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

alveolus (a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

alveolar processes

Pertainym:

alveolar ridge (a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth)

Derivation:

alveolar (a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge)

 Context examples 

Fluid obtained by washout of the alveolar compartment of the lung.

(Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The terminal branch of the inferior alveolar artery that supplies the chin.

(Mental Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An alveolar soft part sarcoma which has spread to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma composed of alveolar and embryonic components.

(Mixed Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant lung neoplasm originating from the alveolar/bronchiolar epithelium.

(Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A well or moderately differentiated morphologic variant of lung adenocarcinoma characterized by tumor growth along the alveolar structures without stromal, vascular, or pleural invasion.

(Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This fusion is associated with both alveolar soft part sarcoma and primary renal tumor.

(ASPSCR1/TFE3 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A multifocal neoplastic process in the lung parenchyma characterized by the proliferation of atypical alveolar epithelial cells without the presence of significant chronic inflammation.

(Atypical Adenomatous Lung Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from XX bacteria induces a wide range of inflammatory responses, including the response of alveolar macrophages to bacteria in the lungs.

(Beta-Catenin Accumulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A rare morphologic variant of bronchiolo-alveolar lung carcinoma characterized by the presence of both mucin and non-mucin producing cells.

(Mixed Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)