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bronchial pneumonia

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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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Main Entry: bronchial pneumonia
Function: noun
: BRONCHOPNEUMONIA

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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bronchial pneumonia n.
See bronchopneumonia.

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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