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