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BRONCHIOLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchiole mean?

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

1. any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli

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

Dictionary entry details

• BRONCHIOLE (noun)

Sense 1

bronchiole ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("bronchiole" is a part of...):

lower respiratory tract (the bronchi and lungs)

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