alveolitis
alveolitis (al-vee-oh-ly-tis) n. inflammation of an alveolus or alveoli. Chronic inflammation of the walls of the alveoli of the lungs is usually caused by inhaled organic dusts (extrinsic allergic a.; see bird-fancier's lung, farmer's lung) but may occur spontaneously (cryptogenic fibrosing a.).
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