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fit(4) (iou) and bronchial pneumonia (medicine)


fit(4) (iou)



fit noun3. L17.
[from FIT verb1.]
The process of making a person fit for something. Now only spec. (US), the Training of a person for college. L17.
The fitting or adjustment of one thing to another, esp. a garment to the body; the way in which a garment, machine part, etc., fits. E19.
J. Kosinski The..words meshed with each Other like oiled millstones ground to a fine fit. A. Lurie Black men..are noticeable for the..superb fit of their clothes.
b. A garment etc. in respect of its fit. M19.
Conan Doyle The dress..could not have been a better fit if I had been measured for it.
? See also FIT-OUT, FIT-UP.

bronchial pneumonia (medicine)


bronchial pneumonia -->
bronchopneumonia
<chest medicine> A name given to an inflammation of the lungs which usually begins in the terminal bronchioles.

These become clogged with a mucopurulent exudate forming consolidated patches in adjacent lobules. The disease is frequently secondary in character, following infections of the upper respiratory tract, specific infectious fevers and debilitating diseases. In infants and debilitated persons of any age it may occur as a primary affection.

Synonym: bronchial pneumonia, bronchoalveolitis, bronchopneumonitis, lobular pneumonia.