bronchiolization
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bronchiole + -ization.
Noun
[edit]bronchiolization (uncountable)
- The formation of bronchioles.
- 2015 July 3, BreAnne MacKenzie et al., “Increased FGF1-FGFRc expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”, in Respiratory Research[1], volume 16, :
- In IPF, bronchial epithelial cells of abnormal bronchioles in areas of bronchiolization and dense fibrosis indicate robust expression of FGF1, FGFR3 and FGFR4.