The formation of bronchioles.

(pathology) Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.

(anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.

plural of bronchiole

One of the smallest bronchioles that do not participate in the gas exchanges that happen in the lung.

A rare and irreversible form of obstructive lung disease in which the bronchioles are compressed and narrowed by fibrosis and/or inflammation.

Any of the downstream bronchioles that already engage in blood-air gas exchange, in contrast to the upstream conducting-zone bronchioles that merely transport air.

plural of terminal bronchiole

plural of respiratory bronchiole