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bronchiectasis

bronchiectasis noun: abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.

Noun

bronchiectasis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchiectases)

  1. Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.

bronchiectasis meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

bronchiectasis in Tamil

பிராங்க ஊதல், மூச்சுக் குழாய் தளர்ச்சி, மூச்சுக் குழாய் விரிவு

bronchiectasis in Arabic

abnormal permanent dilatation of the bronchial tubes
تَوَسُّع القَصَبَات tawassuʕ al-qaṣabāt

bronchiectasis in Indonesian

abnormal permanent dilatation of the bronchial tubes
bronkiektasis

Forms of bronchiectasis

pluralbronchiectases

Origin of bronchiectasis

From bronchi- + ectasis.

Words formed from bronchiectasis

Questions about bronchiectasis

What does bronchiectasis mean?
Bronchiectasis means abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.
What is bronchiectasis in Tamil?
Bronchiectasis in Tamil is பிராங்க ஊதல், மூச்சுக் குழாய் தளர்ச்சி, மூச்சுக் குழாய் விரிவு. See Bronchiectasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bronchiectasis?
Bronchiectasis is a noun.
What is the plural of bronchiectasis?
The plural of bronchiectasis is bronchiectases.

Words near bronchiectasis in the dictionary

  1. bronchial tubes
  2. bronchially
  3. bronchic
  4. bronchiectases
  5. bronchiectasic
  6. bronchiectasis
  7. bronchiectatic
  8. bronching
  9. bronchio-
  10. bronchioalveolar
  11. bronchiocentric

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