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Definition: a thin-walled saclike terminal dilation of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries.
Synonym(s): air cells1, air vesicles, alveoli pulmonis, alveolus1, bronchic cells
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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