bronchiole

English

Etymology

From bronchi +‎ -ole.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒŋkiˌoʊl/

Noun

bronchiole (plural bronchioles)

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

Synonyms

• 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 (sai³ zi¹ hei³ gun²)

  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)
• Greek: βρογχιόλιο (el) n (vronchiólio)
• Irish: broincín m
• Kazakh: ауатамырлық тармақша (auatamyrlyq tarmaqşa), ауатамырша (auatamyrşa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: borrîkehewa m

• Persian: نایژک (fa)
• Russian: бронхиола (ru) (bronxiola)
• Vietnamese: tiểu phế quản (小肺管)

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.