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UK
/bɹˌɒnkənjuːmˈəʊniə/
]
NOUN
- pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
How To Use bronchopneumonia In A Sentence
- The most common type of pneumonia is bronchopneumonia, which affects the smallest airways in the lungs (the bronchioles).
- Rhococcus equi, a gram-positive bacterium, is a facultative intracellular coccobacillus that causes bronchopneumonia in foals aged 1 to 6 months. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- An inquest found she died of natural causes after contracting acute bronchopneumonia. The Sun
- In severe exposure, necrosis of the respiratory epithelium leads to formation of a pseudomembrane, bronchial plugging, and bronchopneumonia.
- General autopsy findings were significant for candidal bronchopneumonia and splenitis, hepatic granulomas consistent with chronic transfusion therapy, and bilateral renal glomerulosclerosis.
- Enlarged and edematous lungs, consolidation, hemorrhage, bronchopneumonia, and acute bronchiolitis were also noted.
- Sections showed early patchy bronchopneumonia, centriacinar emphysema, and desquamative interstitial pneumonitis.
- Preventing bronchopneumonia after flu, and the deaths that stem from this, is the prime aim of injections. Times, Sunday Times
- Most common finding is bronchopneumonia with patchy air-space areas of increased opacity.
- Infection can slow recovery or cause diseases such as blood poisoning or bronchopneumonia a pneumonia involving inflammation of the lungs.