dysanapsis

Noun

dysanapsis (uncountable)

1. Disproportionate size or growth of the airways in comparison with the lung parenchyma.
   • In other words, parenchyma could be to some extent molded according to the environment (airways and chest) in which it is forming, whereas this seems relatively less likely for the tracheobronchial tree itself. At any rate within normal individuals there seems to be opportunity for physiological...1974, Malcolm Green, Jere Mead, James M. Turner, “Variability of maximum expiratory flow-volume curves”, in J Appl Physiol, volume 37, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 67–74
   • The concept of the disproportionate growth between lung size and airway caliber was termed "dysanaptic growth" by Green and colleagues in 1974 […] This is all physiologically interesting; however, is it clinically important? In this edition of the Journal, Forno and colleagues (pp. 314–323) present...2017, Bruce R. Thompson, “Dysanapsis—once believed to be a physiological curiosity—is now clinically important”, in Am J Respir Crit Care Med, volume 195, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, pages 277–278