ALVEOLAR BED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alveolar bed mean? 

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

1. lung tissue densely packed with alveoli

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALVEOLAR BED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lung tissue densely packed with alveoli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("alveolar bed" is a part of...):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)