bronchiolen.
/ˈbrɒŋkɪəʊl/, U.S. /ˈbrɑŋkiˌoʊl/ A minute bronchial tube.
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lung-pipe1562
air pipe1668
bronchia1675
bronchus1706
bronchiole1866
1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 153 The inflammation in pneumonitis is seated in the membrane lining the air-cells and bronchioles.
Draft additions 1997
bronchiˈolar adj.
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bronchic1731
bronchial1732
bronchio-pulmonary1853
peribronchial1873
broncho-vesicular1887
bronchiolar1898
bronchiogenica1909
broncho-pulmonarya1909
bronchogenic1934
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 54 In its chronic form bronchiolar dilatation is relatively of small importance.
1976 Lab. Investig. 35 246/1 The terminal bronchiolar epithelium may be damaged by oxidant gases.
1988 S. P. Sorokin in L. Weiss Cell & Tissue Biol. (ed. 6) 777/1 The nonciliated bronchiolar cells give the epithelium its special character.
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