Bronchopneumonia

Introduction: Bronchopneumonia

Description of Bronchopneumonia

Bronchopneumonia: pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Bronchopneumonia: Acute inflammation of the walls of the smaller bronchial tubes, with varying amounts of pulmonary consolidation due to spread of the inflammation into peribronchiolar alveoli and the alveolar ducts. (Stedman, 25th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Bronchopneumonia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Bronchopneumonia:

• Inflammation
• Bronchial
• Bronchial symptoms (273 causes)
• Bronchial disorder
• Pulmonary
• Pulmonary symptoms (3280 causes)
• Consolidation
• Peribronchiolar

Bronchopneumonia as a Disease

Bronchopneumonia: Type of or association with medical condition Pneumonia.
  »Introduction: Pneumonia

Bronchopneumonia: Related Diseases

Bronchopneumonia: Bronchopneumonia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Pneumonia

Bronchopneumonia as a subtype of Pneumonia

Pneumonia (medical condition): Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus.

Pneumonia: Pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi. The U.S. Centers for... (Source: excerpt from Pneumococcal Pneumonia, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Bronchopneumonia as a Symptom

Bronchopneumonia (symptom): Type of Pneumonia.

More information on symptom: Pneumonia:

• Pneumonia

Terms associated with Bronchopneumonia:

Terms Similar to Bronchopneumonia:

• bronchial pneumonia

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Bronchopneumonia:

• aspiration pneumonia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Bronchopneumonia

• Bronchial Diseases
• Pneumonia

Source - MeSH 2007

• pneumonia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Bronchopneumonia

The following list attempts to classify Bronchopneumonia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pneumonia
• respiratory disease,respiratory disorder,respiratory illness
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Bronchial Diseases
    • Bronchopneumonia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Lung Diseases
    • Pneumonia
      • Bronchopneumonia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
    • Pneumonia
      • Bronchopneumonia

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