dysanapsis means disproportionate size or growth of the airways in comparison with the lung parenchyma. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- Disproportionate size or growth of the airways in comparison with the lung parenchyma.“In other words, parenchyma could be to some extent molded according to the environment (airways and chest) in which it is forming, whereas this seems relatively less likely for the tracheobronchial tree itself. At any rate within normal individuals there seems to be opportunity for physiological variation in the geometry of the tracheobronchial tree and parenchyma due to different patterns of embr”