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Webster 1913 Edition


Bronchitis

Bron-chi′tis

,
Noun.
[
Bronchus
+
-itis
.]
(Med.)
Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

Definition 2024


Bronchitis

Bronchitis

See also: bronchitis

German

Noun

Bronchitis f (genitive Bronchitis, plural Bronchitiden)

  1. (pathology) bronchitis

bronchitis

bronchitis

See also: Bronchitis

English

Noun

bronchitis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchitises or bronchitides)

  1. (uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
  2. (countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.

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