adjective
- of, relating to, or affecting the bronchioles (the smallest branches of the bronchi in the lungs)
Usage: medical/anatomical term; commonly used in clinical and pathological contexts
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with bronchiolar inflammation after the chest X-ray.
- Bronchiolar obstruction can lead to reduced oxygen exchange in the lungs.
- The pathologist identified bronchiolar damage in the tissue sample.
- Bronchiolar disease is sometimes associated with chronic smoking.
- The doctor explained that the infection had spread to the bronchiolar level of the respiratory tract.