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Noun: air cell
  1. A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
    "Oxygen diffuses into the bloodstream through the walls of air cells";
    - alveolus, air sac

Derived forms: air cells

Type of: sac

Part of: lung

Encyclopedia: Air cell