An epithelial cell that lines the peripheral gas exchange region of the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20054144 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463737 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: pneumocyte pneumonocyte alveolar epithelial cell
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- epithelial cell of lung
- epithelial cell of alveolus of lung
- part of some pulmonary alveolus epithelium