| 释义 |
bronchiole|ˈbrɒŋkɪəʊl|
[ad. mod.L. *bronchiola, dim. of bronchia; see -ole.]
A minute bronchial tube.
1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 160 In acute pneumonitis the inflammation is seated in the air-cells and bronchioles.
Add: Hence bronchiˈolar a.
1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 54 In its chronic form bronchiolar dilatation is relatively of small importance. 1976Laboratory Investigation XXXV. 246/1 The terminal bronchiolar epithelium may be damaged by oxidant gases. 1988S. P. Sorokin in L. Weiss Cell & Tissue Biol. (ed. 6) 777/1 The nonciliated bronchiolar cells give the epithelium its special character. |