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bialveolar

adj
/ˌbaɪ̯.alˈviː.ə.lə/UK/ˌbaɪ̯.ælˈvi.ə.ləɹ/CA/ˌbɑe̯.ælˈviː.ə.lə/

Etymology

From bi- (“two-”, prefix) + alveolar (adjective).

  1. borrowed from alveolus
  2. formed as alveolar — “alveolus + -ar”
  3. formed as bialveolar — “bi- + alveolar”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the two sides of the alveolar processes.

    • bialveolar breadth

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bialveolar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA