pneumonocyte

pneu·mon·o·cyte

(nū-mōn'ō-sīt),

Nonspecific term referring to cells lining alveoli in the respiratory part of the lung.

[G. pneumōn, lung, + kytos, cell]

pneumonocyte

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

pneu·mon·o·cyte

(nū-mon'ō-sīt)

Nonspecific term referring to cells lining alveoli in the respiratory part of the lung.

[G. pneumōn, lung, + kytos, cell]

pneumonocyte

collective term for the alveolar epithelial cells (great alveolar cells and squamous alveolar cells) and alveolar phagocytes of the lungs.