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A developmental defect of the alveolar airspace during cananicular lung development characterized by a decreased number of pulmonary capillaries located away from the alveolar epithelium, thickened alveolar septae, media hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries and muscularization of distal arterioles, and in some cases lymphangiectasis. [PMID:21471096]
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