bronchiole
Syllables: bron·chi·oleUK/ˈbɹɒŋ.kiˌəʊl/US/ˈbɹɑŋ.kiˌoʊl/
bronchiole noun: any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
Noun
bronchiole (plural bronchioles)
- Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
- Synonyms:
- bronchiolus
bronchiole meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese
bronchiole in Tamil
- நுண்பிராங்கசு, மூச்சு நுண்குழாய், மூச்சுக்குழற்கவர்க்கிளை
bronchiole in Indonesian
- small branch of a bronchus
- bronkiolus
bronchiole in Persian
- small branch of a bronchus
- نایژک
bronchiole in Vietnamese
- small branch of a bronchus
- tiểu phế quản
Synonyms of bronchiole
Forms of bronchiole
| plural | bronchioles |
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Origin of bronchiole
From bronchial + -ole.
Words formed from bronchiole
Questions about bronchiole
- What does bronchiole mean?
- Bronchiole means any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
- What is bronchiole in Tamil?
- Bronchiole in Tamil is நுண்பிராங்கசு, மூச்சு நுண்குழாய், மூச்சுக்குழற்கவர்க்கிளை. See Bronchiole meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bronchiole?
- Bronchiole is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bronchiole?
- Bronchiole is pronounced /ˈbɹɒŋ.kiˌəʊl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bronchiole?
- The plural of bronchiole is bronchioles.
Words near bronchiole in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bronchiole (page history and authors); bronchiole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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