pneumonocyte

pneumonocyte
Nonspecific term referring to cells lining alveoli in the respiratory part of the lung. [G. pneumon, lung, + kytos, cell]
- granular pneumonocytes SYN: great alveolar cells, under cell.
- phagocytic p. an alveolar phagocyte containing hemosiderin, carbon, or other foreign particles.

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pneu·mo·no·cyte (noo-monґo-sīt) alveolar cell.

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