polyalveolar lobe

polyalveolar lobe
a congenital disorder characterized in early infancy by the presence of far more than the normal number of alveoli in a lobe of the lungs; thereafter, normal multiplication of alveoli does not take place and they become enlarged, i.e., emphysematous.

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  • polyalveolar — poly·al·ve·o·lar (pol″e al veґə lər) having more than the usual number of alveoli, such as a polyalveolar lobe of a lung …   Medical dictionary

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