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bronchopneumonic

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bron⋅cho⋅pneu⋅mo⋅nia

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

Origin:
1855–60; broncho- + pneumonia

Related forms:
bron⋅cho⋅pneu⋅mon⋅ic  [brong-koh-noo-mon-ik, -nyoo-] , adjective
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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 pneumonia —bron·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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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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