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Definition of Bronchitis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes.
Generic synonyms: Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Respiratory Illness
Specialized synonyms: Bronchiolitis, Chronic Bronchitis
Derivative terms: Bronchitic
Definition of Bronchitis
1. n. Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.
Definition of Bronchitis
1. Noun. An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning. ¹
2. Noun. An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bronchitis
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Medical Definition of Bronchitis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchitis
Literary usage of Bronchitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The same is true of bronchitis as it arises suddenly with cerebrospinal ...
Chronic bronchitis Chronic bronchitis may follow acute catarrhal bronchitis. ..."
2. The Lancet (1839)
"The bronchitis more severe, bat the countenance has a better expression. ...
bronchitis continues. Both sounds are now distinctly audible ander the mamma ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1876)
"INFLAMMATION of the bronchial tubes, or bronchitis, is probably the most ...
We designate the disease coryza, laryngitis, or bronchitis, according as one or ..."
4. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1917)
"The treatment of the various forms of secondary bronchitis will be ... In children,
acute bronchitis is in the main to be treated in the same manner as when ..."
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