Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bronchiole

1 sense of bronchiole

Sense 1
bronchiole -- (any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")