Bronchiolitis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children. uncountable

    "These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ]."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles wordnet

Synonyms

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asthmablack lungbronchitiscoldcroupemphysema

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"These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ]."

Etymology

From bronchiole + -itis.

Related phrases

bronchiolitis obliteransbronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumoniaobliterative bronchiolitis

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