Eagle-I Research Resource Ontology

Last uploaded: January 14, 2016
Preferred Name

bronchoalveolar lavage
Synonyms

Bronchial lavage

Definitions

Lavage using a bronchoscope, which is passed through the mouth or nose into the lungs and fluid is squirted into a small part of the lung and then recollected for examination.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ERO_0001070

alternative term

Bronchial lavage

definition

Lavage using a bronchoscope, which is passed through the mouth or nose into the lungs and fluid is squirted into a small part of the lung and then recollected for examination.

definition source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchoalveolar_lavage

example of usage

Can be used to test for a lung infection.

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

label

bronchoalveolar lavage

prefixIRI

ERO:0001070

prefLabel

bronchoalveolar lavage

term editor

PERSON: Nicole Vasilevsky

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0600044

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