pneumonocyte /pneu·mo·no·cyte/ (noo-mon´ah-sīt) alveolar cell.
pneu·mo·no·cyte (n  m -n -s t , n -m n-)n. Any of the cells lining the alveoli in the respiratory part of the lung. |
pneumonocyte
collective term for the alveolar epithelial cells (great alveolar cells and squamous alveolar cells) and alveolar phagocytes of the lungs.
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