alveolaradjective
uk/ˌæl.viˈəʊ.lər/us/ælˈviː.ə.lɚ/specializedalveolar adjective (LUNGS)
medical relating to the alveoli (= small air bags in the lungs, with thin walls that allow oxygen to enter the blood)
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Animal physiology: the respiratory system
- air bladder
- air sac
- airway
- arytenoid
- bronchiole
- bronchus
- cardiopulmonary
- cardiorespiratory
- glottis
- larynx
- lung
- oxygen debt
- respiratory system
- spiracle
- trachea
- vocal cords
- voice box
- windpipe
alveolar adjective (SPEECH)
phonetics (of a speech sound) made by putting your tongue against the hard place behind your top front teeth:
/t/, /z/, and /n/ are alveolar sounds in English.
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- coalescence
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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alveolar adjective (JAW)
anatomy relating to the holes in the jaw that hold the roots of the teeth:
the alveolar ridge
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The mouth & throat
- airway
- alveolar ridge
- buccal
- buccinator
- cricothyroid
- Cupid's bow
- epiglottis
- glottis
- gob
- gullet
- gummy
- larynx
- mylohyoid
- orbicularis
- palate
- palatine
- salivary duct
- sphenopalatine
- trout pout
- windpipe
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