bronchitis
/bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/
bronchitis noun: an inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
Noun
bronchitis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchitises or bronchitides)
- An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
- Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
bronchitis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Punjabi
bronchitis in Tamil
- கோழைக்கட்டு, கோழைச்சுரம், மூச்சுக்குழலழற்றி, பிராங்கவழல், மூச்சுக் குழாய் அழற்சி, மூச்சுக்குழற்கவரழற்சி
bronchitis in Bengali
- শ্বাসনালীর প্রদাহ মূলক ব্যাধি
bronchitis in Kannada
- ಎದೆಯ ಗಾಳಿಚೀಲಗಳ ಒಳಪೊರೆಯ ಉರಿಯೂತ, ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ರೋಗ
bronchitis in Punjabi
- inflammation of the lungs
- ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਸੋਜ sāh nāḷī dī soj
More languagesFewer languages
- bronchitis in Tagalog
- magansangambaga
- bronchitis in Indonesian
- bronkitis
- bronchitis in Persian
- برونشیت boronšit
- bronchitis in Thai
- หลอดลมอักเสบ lɔ̀ɔt-lom-àk-sèep
- bronchitis in Vietnamese
- viêm phế quản
Forms of bronchitis
| plural | bronchitises |
|---|---|
| plural | bronchitides |
Origin of bronchitis
From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “windpipe”) + -itis.
Words formed from bronchitis
Questions about bronchitis
- What does bronchitis mean?
- Bronchitis means an inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
- What is bronchitis in Tamil?
- Bronchitis in Tamil is கோழைக்கட்டு, கோழைச்சுரம், மூச்சுக்குழலழற்றி. See Bronchitis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bronchitis?
- Bronchitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bronchitis?
- Bronchitis is pronounced /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bronchitis?
- The plural of bronchitis is bronchitises.
Words near bronchitis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bronchitis (page history and authors); bronchitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bronchitis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bronchitis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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