alveolus
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alveolus (ălvē`ələs): see lungs lungs, elastic organs used for breathing in vertebrate animals, excluding most fish, which use gills , and a few amphibian species that respire through the skin. The word is sometimes applied to the respiratory apparatus of lower animals.
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alveolus (redirected from mammary alveolus)

alveolus
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