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alveolitis

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Noun1.alveolitis - inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form
dry socket
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
2.alveolitis - inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dustalveolitis - inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic
farmer's lung, thresher's lung - alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
bagascosis, bagassosis - alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust)
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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Of those, four have brochiectasis, two have asthma, one has fibrosing alveolitis and one - Tony -has Chronic Obstructive Pneumatitis.
Gentle touch in exercising; Help people to breathe easier by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Infected dogs shared the following histopathologic features (Figure 1): 1) severe multilobular or diffuse necrotizing tracheobronchitis with suppurative inflammation in the lumina and squamous metaplasia of the tracheobronchial epithelium and 2) severe multilobular bronchiolitis and alveolitis.
Experimental infection of dogs with avian-origin canine influenza A ... by Song, Daesub; Lee, Chulseung; Kang, Bokyu; Jung, Kwonil; Oh, Taehoon; Kim, Hyekwon; Park, Bongkyun; / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The mum-of-one says her life slowed to a "crawl" after she was diagnosed with allergic alveolitis - a disease more commonly known as bird fanciers' lung.
Birds leave woman with lung disease; ILLNESS by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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