bronchitis

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Etymology

From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “windpipe”) +‎ -itis.

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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.
    • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.
  2. (countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.

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