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Popcorn lung, or bronchiolitis obliterans, is an inflammatory condition that affects the bronchioles, tiny airways in the lungs.—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 Nov. 2019
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin bronchiolum, diminutive of Late Latin bronchium "branch of a bronchus, bronchial tube" — more at bronchial
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