pneumonocyte

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pneumonocyte /pneu·mo·no·cyte/ (noo-mon´ah-sīt) alveolar cell.

pneu·mo·no·cyte (n

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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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