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centrilobular emphysema
centrilobular emphysema[¦sen·trə′lä·byə·lər ‚em·fə′sē·mə] (medicine) A disorder marked by pulmonary inflation, primarily affecting the respiratory bronchioles and usually more severe in the upper lobes. centrilobular emphysema
cen·tri·lob·u·lar em·phy·se·maemphysema affecting the central portion of secondary pulmonary lobules, around the central bronchiole, typically involving the superior part of the lungs or lobes; may be related to inflammation of the bronchioles and to the effects of inhaled dust, which aggregates next to respiratory bronchioles; seen in coalworker's pneumoconiosis and (in mild form) asymptomatic city dwellers. Synonym(s): centriacinar emphysema, proximal acinar emphysemacen·tri·lob·u·lar em·phy·se·ma (sen'tri-lob'yū-lăr em'fi-sē'mă) Emphysema affecting the lobules around their central bronchioles, causally related to bronchiolitis, and seen in coal-miner's pneumoconiosis. Synonym(s): centriacinar emphysema. |