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bronchiolization

bronchiolization noun: the formation of bronchioles.

Noun

bronchiolization (uncountable)

  1. The formation of bronchioles.
    • In IPF, bronchial epithelial cells of abnormal bronchioles in areas of bronchiolization and dense fibrosis indicate robust expression of FGF1, FGFR3 and FGFR4.2015 July 3, BreAnne MacKenzie et al., “Increased FGF1-FGFRc expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”, in Respiratory Research, volume 16, →DOI

Origin of bronchiolization

From bronchiole + -ization.

Questions about bronchiolization

What does bronchiolization mean?
Bronchiolization means the formation of bronchioles.
What part of speech is bronchiolization?
Bronchiolization is a noun.

Words near bronchiolization in the dictionary

  1. bronchiolectasis
  2. bronchioles
  3. bronchioli
  4. bronchiolitis
  5. bronchiolitis obliterans
  6. bronchiolization
  7. bronchioloalveolar
  8. bronchioloar
  9. bronchiolocentric
  10. bronchiologram
  11. bronchiolograms

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