How to Use alveolar in a Sentence

alveolar

adjective

• The word “two” begins with an alveolar sound.
• The # is an alveolar click, made by pulling the tip of the tongue down sharply from the roof of the mouth to make the sound of a popping cork.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2010
• In other words, the skulls were left long enough for the alveolar process—the part that holds the teeth in place—to start breaking down.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 June 2020
• When pneumonia occurs, the thin layer of alveolar cells is damaged by the virus.
  — USA Today, 14 Mar. 2020
• Generally, cells in the lungs called alveolar macrophages will pick up the particulates and clear them out – at reasonable doses.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Doctors told the family Chloe had alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in the soft tissue of skeletal muscle, or in organs such as the bladder or uterus.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
• The pigment can damage the lungs by increasing the number of cells there, a condition called alveolar hyperplasia.
  — Neil Bedi, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2022
• For example, immune cells called alveolar macrophages in the lung suppress inflammation once the threat posed by the pathogen diminishes.
  — Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2020
• Jim didn’t have any of the conditions, like lupus or other autoimmune diseases, that usually cause alveolar hemorrhage.
  — Judi Ketteler, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2022
• When that network of tubes becomes narrowed because of an irritant or infection — some call it an allergy within the lungs — tiny alveolar air sacs are prevented from making a gas exchange that sends oxygen throughout the body.
  — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2021
• Researchers therefore wanted to test alendronate’s ability to kill alveolar macrophages.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
• The presence of syncytia, along with alveolar destruction and massive blood clotting, are all characteristic of severe Covid-19.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• That led to their introduction in 1965 of a concept, called the minimum alveolar concentration, or MAC, that quickly became the standard measure of potency for anesthetic gases.
  — Denise Grady, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• GGOs in chest CT scans can also indicate congestive heart failure, inflammatory interstitial lung diseases, and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (bleeding into the airspaces of the lungs), among other issues.
  — Leah Groth, Health.com, 16 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024