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bronchiolitis

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n.1.inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles.
bronchiolitis  (brngk--lts)
An acute viral infection of the bronchioles seen mostly in infants and young children, caused most frequently by the respiratory syncytial virus.
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Noun1.bronchiolitis - inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles
bronchitis - inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes


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Other diagnoses included community-acquired pneumonia, bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, lymphoma, and rickettsial typhus (Table).
No evidence of avian influenza A (H5N1) among returning US travelers by Uyeki, Timothy M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia for infants.
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Rats exposed to chronic wood smoke developed mild bronchiolitis with epithelial cell hyperplasia and hypertrophy, alveolar septal thickening, and mild emphysema (Lal et al.
Case report: a case of wood-smoke-related pulmonary disease by Balmes, John R. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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