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Definition of Bronchiole
1. Noun. Any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli.
Group relationships: Lower Respiratory Tract
Derivative terms: Bronchiolar
Definition of Bronchiole
1. n. A minute bronchial tube.
Definition of Bronchiole
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of the small branches of a bronchus. ¹
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Definition of Bronchiole
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bronchiole
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchiole
Literary usage of Bronchiole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"The more or less conical chamber of the infundibulum narrowing into its bronchiole
is divided by a number of septa into secondary chambers of a ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"Each such bronchiole ends in an enlargement having more or less the form of an
inverted cone, called an infundibulum. Each infundibulum repeats to a certain ..."