BRONCHIOLITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchiolitis mean? 

• BRONCHIOLITIS (noun)
  The noun BRONCHIOLITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles

  Familiarity information: BRONCHIOLITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHIOLITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bronchiolitis" is a kind of...):

bronchitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes)

 Context examples 

The serotype labeled 4 of the viral species Human parainfluenza virus, which is a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus of the Paramyxoviridae family and Rubulavirus genus, and causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia in humans.

(Human Parainfluenza Virus 4, NCI Thesaurus)

Bronchiolitis olbiterans may be caused by other factors, and can also occur after a transplant with an organ or stem cells from a matched donor.

(Bronchiolitis obliterans, NCI Dictionary)

Bronchiolitis, an inflammation of the small airways that branch off from the bronchi.

(Bronchial Disorders, NIH)