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Definition of Bronchial pneumonia

1. Noun. Pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles.

Medical Definition of Bronchial pneumonia

1. A name given to an inflammation of the lungs which usually begins in the terminal bronchioles. These become clogged with a mucopurulent exudate forming consolidated patches in adjacent lobules. The disease is frequently secondary in character, following infections of the upper respiratory tract, specific infectious fevers and debilitating diseases. In infants and debilitated persons of any age it may occur as a primary affection. Synonym: bronchial pneumonia, bronchoalveolitis, bronchopneumonitis, lobular pneumonia. (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchial Pneumonia

Literary usage of Bronchial pneumonia

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1. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1900)
"W. VAN BAUN, MD bronchial pneumonia, rather than catarrhal or lobular, seems the better descriptive term of these cases now under consideration, ..."

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