alveoliform

English

Etymology

Latin alveolus (“cavity”) + -form

Adjective

alveoliform (comparative more alveoliform, superlative most alveoliform)

  1. Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alveoliform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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