interalveolar, a. Phys.
(ɪntərælˈviːələ(r))
[inter- 4 a.]
1. Situated between the alveoli or air-cells of the lungs.
| 1834 J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 157 There was no infiltration or extravasation of air into the inter-alveolar tissue. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 185 Atrophy of blood-vessels and interalveolar connective tissue. |
2. Situated between the alveoli or sockets of the teeth of a sea-urchin.
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 576 Beside the inter⁓alveolar muscles already described. |