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Three example sentences with alveolus, each labelled with its topic.
Emphysema destroys the walls of each alveolus, so oxygen crosses into the bloodstream far more slowly than it should.
Medicine
Altitude training expands how much oxygen every alveolus can transfer, which is why marathoners spend summers camped in Colorado.
Fitness
A trumpet teacher sketched the lungs on a napkin, showing how each alveolus supplies the breath a long phrase demands.
Music
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