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bronchoalveolitis

bronchoalveolitis noun: inflammation of the bronchioles of the lungs; leads to bronchopneumonia.

Noun

bronchoalveolitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the bronchioles of the lungs; leads to bronchopneumonia

Origin of bronchoalveolitis

From broncho- + alveolitis.

Questions about bronchoalveolitis

What does bronchoalveolitis mean?
Bronchoalveolitis means inflammation of the bronchioles of the lungs; leads to bronchopneumonia.
What part of speech is bronchoalveolitis?
Bronchoalveolitis is a noun.

Words near bronchoalveolitis in the dictionary

  1. broncho-oesophagoscopies
  2. broncho-oesophagoscopy
  3. broncho-pleuro-cutaneous
  4. bronchoactive
  5. bronchoalveolar
  6. bronchoalveolitis
  7. bronchoarterial
  8. bronchoaspirate
  9. bronchoaspirated
  10. bronchoaspirates
  11. bronchoaspiration

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