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Related to bronchitis: chronic bronchitis, emphysema

bron·chi·tis

(brŏng-kī′tĭs, brŏn-)

Chronic or acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes.

bron·chit′ic (-kĭt′ĭk) adj.

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bronchitis

(brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs)

(Pathology) inflammation of the bronchial tubes, characterized by coughing, difficulty in breathing, etc, caused by infection or irritation of the respiratory tract

bronchitic adj, n

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bron•chi•tis

(brɒŋˈkaɪ tɪs)

n.

acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by infection or inhalation of irritants.

[1812; < New Latin; see bronchus, -itis]

bron•chit′ic (-ˈkɪt ɪk) adj.

bron·chi·tis

(brŏng-kī′tĭs)

Inflammation of the bronchial tubes, often resulting from infection with a virus.

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bronchitis

Inflammation of the bronchi (tubes leading from the trachea into the lungs). It can be either acute (a short-lived, sudden attack) or chronic (a long-term condition). Acute bronchitis is normally caused by a viral infection. The main cause of chronic bronchitis is tobacco smoking.

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Noun

bronchitis - inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

bronchospasm - a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis

respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system

bronchiolitis - inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles

chronic bronchitis - a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow

Translations

التِهابٌ شُعَبي، نَزْلَةٌ صِدْرِيَّهالْتِهاب شُعَبِيّ

bronchitidazánět průdušek

bronkitis

Bronchitis

βρογχίτιδα βρογχίτις

bronquitis

keuhkoputkentulehdus

bronchite

bronhitis

hörghurut

lungnakvef, berknakvef

bronchite

気管支炎

기관지염

bronchitaslinkęs sirgti bronchitusergantis bronchitu

zápal priedušiek

bronkitluftrörskatarr

โรคหลอดลมอักเสบ

bronşit

bệnh viêm phế quản

支气管炎

bronchitis

[brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs] N → bronquitis f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bronchitis

[brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs] n → bronchite f
to have bronchitis → avoir une bronchite

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bronchitis

n → Bronchitis f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bronchitis

[brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs] n → bronchite f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bronchitis

(broŋˈkaitis) noun

inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. Wet weather makes his bronchitis worse.

bronˈchitic adjective

bronchitis

→ الْتِهاب شُعَبِيّ bronchitida bronkitis Bronchitis βρογχίτιδα bronquitis keuhkoputkentulehdus bronchite bronhitis bronchite 気管支炎 기관지염 bronchitis bronkitt zapalenie oskrzeli bronquite бронхит luftrörskatarr โรคหลอดลมอักเสบ bronşit bệnh viêm phế quản 支气管炎

bron·chi·tis

n. bronquitis, infl. de los tubos bronquiales.

bronchitis

n bronquitis f; chronic — bronquitis crónica

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Chronic bronchitis, "a nasty 'acking cough," was what they chiefly suffered from; one went to the H.P.

She had chronic bronchitis, and told him it hindered her in the exercise of her profession.

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Anne was lonely; Diana, during the whole of the holidays, was imprisoned at home with a bad attack of bronchitis. She could not come to Green Gables and it was rarely Anne could get to Orchard Slope, for the old way through the Haunted Wood was impassable with drifts, and the long way over the frozen Lake of Shining Waters was almost as bad.

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On the surface of our unhappy spheroid we are always either too hot or too cold; we are frozen in winter, broiled in summer; it is the planet of rheumatism, coughs, bronchitis; while on the surface of Jupiter, for example, where the axis is but slightly inclined, the inhabitants may enjoy uniform temperatures.

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A few pleasant people from Philadelphia and Baltimore were picknicking at the inn, and the Selfridge Merrys had come down for three weeks because Kate Merry had had bronchitis. They were planning to lay out a lawn tennis court on the sands; but no one but Kate and May had racquets, and most of the people had not even heard of the game.

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He would take bronchitis in the dog-days, and have hay-fever at Christmas.

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Some of them say it's bronchitis, and some say it's his liver.

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The doctor described Lord Montbarry's malady as bronchitis. So far, there was no reason to feel any anxiety, though the attack was a sharp one.

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She suffered--she told me it was a Moultrie castemark--from some obscure form of chronic bronchitis, complicated with spasm of the glottis; and, in a dead, flat voice, with a sunken eye that looked and saw not, told me what washes, gargles, pastilles, and inhalations she had proved most beneficial.

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When Carlotta heard of the astounding reception bestowed upon her understudy, she was at once cured of an incipient attack of bronchitis and a bad fit of sulking against the management and lost the slightest inclination to shirk her duties.

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Guppy's bronchitis came to his relief and stopped his measurement of the table.

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Kenn, whose delicate state of health, threatening to become confirmed illness through an attack of bronchitis, obliged her to resign her functions at the coming bazaar into the hands of other ladies, of whom she wished Lucy to be one.