bronchoalveolar
adjectiveMedical Definition of bronchoalveolar
: of, relating to, or involving the bronchioles and alveoli of the lungs
Efforts to diagnose the pneumonia, which included bronchoalveolar lavage …, were unsuccessful until an open-lung biopsy was performed. — The Journal of the American Medical Association, 3 Mar. 1993 bronchoalveolar carcinoma