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bronchoconstriction

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bronchoconstriction /bron·cho·con·stric·tion/ (brong?ko-kun-strik´shun) narrowing of air passages of the lungs from smooth muscle contraction, as in asthma.
bronchoconstriction (brong´kō-knstrik´shn),
n the reduction of the caliber of the bronchi.

bronchoconstriction
bronchostenosis.

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