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BRONCHOPNEUMONIA

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bron⋅cho⋅pneu⋅mo⋅nia

[brong-koh-noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, -nyoo-]
–noun Pathology.
a form of pneumonia centering on bronchial passages.


Origin:
1855–60; broncho- + pneumonia


bron⋅cho⋅pneu⋅mon⋅ic [brong-koh-noo-mon-ik, -nyoo-] , adjective
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bron·cho·pneu·mon·ia   (brŏng'kō-nŏŏ-mōn'yə, -nyŏŏ-)   
n.  A pneumonia involving inflammation of the lungs that spreads from and after infection of the bronchi.
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Main Entry: bron·cho·pneu·mo·nia
Pronunciation: "brä[ng]-(")kO-n(y)u-'mO-ny&
Function: noun
: pneumonia involving manyrelatively small areas of lung tissue called also bronchial pneumonia, lobular pneumoniabron·cho·pneu·mon·ic /-'män-ik/ adjective
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bronchopneumonia bron·cho·pneu·mon·ia (brŏng'kō-n&oobreve;-mōn'yə, -ny&oobreve;-)
n.
Acute inflammation of the walls of the smaller bronchial tubes, with irregular areas of consolidation due to spread of the inflammation into the peribronchiolar alveoli and the alveolar ducts of the lungs. Also called bronchial pneumonia.

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