bronchopneumonia

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Introduction

Acute inflammation of the smaller bronchi (bronchitis) with varying degrees of pulmonary consolidation due to spread of inflammation into the peribronchial alveoli (pneumonia).

See bronchitis & pneumonia

Additional terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.