ALVEOLUS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

alveolus

noun

Definition of alveolus

as in pocket

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Recent Examples of alveolus This balloon can, in turn, can push against the alveoli in the lung. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 The alveoli take in oxygen from inhaled air and exchange it for carbon dioxide, a waste gas that is exhaled. — Susan Russell, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2025 Her primary focus was on hyaline membrane disease, sometimes called respiratory distress syndrome, in which alveoli — tiny air sacs in the lungs — do not properly inflate. — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 Plateau pressure represents the pressure in the alveoli at some particular phase of breathing and is often used as a gauge to determine the maximum pressure that can be applied. — Ravinder Dahiya, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2020

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Noun

Is Trump going to pay this out of his pocket, or will this be paid for by our descendants?

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The pocket-sized UV flashlight can detect what the naked eye can’t, including dry urine stains, bed bugs, scorpions, and more.

— Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of pocket

Noun

Wootten was born cleft-affected and with other craniofacial differences and started undergoing surgeries to correct those differences at just four months old.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
When odor molecules cannot reach the olfactory cleft, the obstruction must be identified and treated first.

— Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of cleft

Noun

The Bulldogs have made such an impression that Saturday is the first game this season where Mizzou will not enter as the favorite.

— PJ Green September 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Levis made an immediate impression in his first start, throwing four touchdown passes in a victory over Atlanta.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of impression

Noun

Tarek Mueller, managing director at About You, the German online fashion retailer that Zalando acquired in July 2025, asked in his opening remarks.

— Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026
In opening statements, the prosecution said recovering the gun was not necessary to getting a conviction, but the defense said its absence showed the prosecution’s case was weak.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of opening

Noun

Some scientists have even authored a paper that delves into studying the buckets of lunar material that would've been thrown outward as the impact happened; another team looked at how the region around the crater was altered due to the crash.

— Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The crater — named for the late Thomas McGetchin, a former director of Houston’s Lunar and Planetary Institute — is three times bigger than the previous record-holder found by the LRO a decade ago.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of crater

Noun

That dining area converts over into a single bed, filling out the three-person maximum sleeping capacity for this floor plan in conjunction with the transverse bed in the alcove.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Two piles of large rocks in the water partition the middle beach into its own alcove.

— Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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