bronchiole

English

Etymology

From bronchial + -ole.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒŋ.kiˌəʊl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑŋ.kiˌoʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋkioʊl
• Hyphenation: bron‧chi‧ole

Noun

bronchiole (plural bronchioles)

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

   Synonym: bronchiolus

Derived terms

• bronchiolar
• bronchiolectasis
• bronchiolitis
• bronchiolization
• bronchioloalveolar
• peribronchiole
• respiratory bronchiole
• terminal bronchiole

Translations

small branch of a bronchus

• Catalan: bronquíol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 細支氣管 / 细支气管

  Mandarin: 細支氣管 / 细支气管 (xìzhīqìguǎn), 毛細支氣管 / 毛细支气管 (máoxì zhīqìguǎn)

• Czech: průdušinka (cs) f
• Finnish: ilmatiehyt (fi)
• French: bronchiole (fr) f
• Greek: βρογχιόλιο (el) n (vronchiólio)
• Indonesian: bronkiolus
• Irish: broincín m
• Kazakh: ауатамырлық тармақша (awatamırlıq tarmaqša), ауатамырша (awatamırša)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: borrîkehewa m

• Māori: pekahau ririki
• Persian: نایژک (fa)
• Polish: oskrzelik m inan
• Portuguese: bronquíolo (pt) m
• Russian: бронхиола (ru) (bronxiola)
• Spanish: bronquiolo (es) m
• Vietnamese: tiểu phế quản (小肺管)

Further reading

• “bronchiole”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Noun

bronchiole f (plural bronchioles)

1. bronchiole

Further reading

• “bronchiole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012