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Definition of Air cell
1. Noun. A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
Group relationships: Lung
Generic synonyms: Sac
Derivative terms: Alveolate
Definition of Air cell
1. Noun. (biology) an air pocket at the bottom end of an egg formed from contraption of the egg's contents through loss of moisture and cooling from its initial filled state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Air cell
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Cell
Literary usage of Air cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Harry Govier Seeley (1901)
"The air cell termed clavicular sends a process outward towards the arm, along
with the ... Thus this air cell, entering the region of the axilla or arm-pit, ..."
2. Six discourses on the functions of the lungs, and causes, prevention and by Samuel Sheldon Fitch (1856)
"Each air cell is in communication with the air pipes, from which it is filled
with air at each inspiration, and through which it empties itself at each ..."
3. The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breading and Management of Profitable and by William Bernhard Tegetmeier (1867)
"Again : " By the position of the air-cell at the butt end of the egg, those may
be selected which will produce the male sex; in these the air-cell is in the ..."
4. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1916)
"Sail-Mo air cell. This covering is similar in composition and uses to No. ...
XXVI 3-In. air cell. Consisted of two inches of SaU-Mo and one inch of JM Air ..."
5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"It communicates with the axillary air-cell, and transmits the air to the cavity
of the bone by several cribriform foramina. The air-holes of the pelvic ..."
6. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1916)
"JM air cell. Corrugated and plain sheets of asbestos paper arranged alternately
so u to ... Sou-Mo air cell. Similar in composition and uses to No. XVII. ..."
7. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"It communicates with the axillary air-cell, and transmits the air to the cavity
of the bone by several cribriform foramina. The air-holes of the pelvic ..."
8. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"The air cell has the capability to assemble and disassemble EBR-II fuel ...
Fuel elements are not opened in the air cell so that the fuel is not exposed to ..."
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