bronchitis

See also: Bronchitis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• bronchitic
• bronchitically
• chronic bronchitis
• laryngotracheobronchitis
• peribronchitis
• purulent bronchitis
• tracheobronchitis

 

Translations

inflammation of the lungs

• Bulgarian: бронхи́т m (bronhít)
• Catalan: bronquitis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 支氣管炎／支气管炎 (zh) (zhīqìguǎnyán)

• Cornish: bronkitis m, losk an vriansen m
• Czech: zánět průdušek m, bronchitida (cs) f
• Danish: bronkitis
• Dutch: bronchitis (nl)
• Esperanto: bronkito (eo)
• Estonian: kopsukatarr, bronhiit
• Finnish: keuhkoputkentulehdus (fi), keuhkokatarri
• French: bronchite (fr) f
• Galician: bronquite (gl) f
• Georgian: ბრონქიტი (bronkiṭi)
• German: Bronchitis (de) f
• Greek: βρογχίτις (el) f (vronchítis), βρογχίτιδα (el) f (vronchítida)
• Greenlandic: bronkitisi
• Hebrew: ברונכיטיס (bronkhit'is)
• Hungarian: hörgőgyulladás (hu), hörghurut (hu)
• Irish: broincíteas m
• Italian: bronchite (it) f
• Japanese: 気管支炎 (ja) (きかんしえん, kikanshien)
• Kazakh: бронх қабынуы (bronx qabynuy), бронхит (bronxit)
• Korean: 기관지염(氣管支炎) (ko) (gigwanjiyeom)
• Maori: mate wharowharo, mare wharowharo, mate mare wharowharo, mate arahau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bronkitt m

  Nynorsk: bronkitt m

• Occitan: bronquiti (oc) f
• Persian: برونشیت (fa) (boronšit)
• Polish: zapalenie oskrzeli (pl) n
• Portuguese: bronquite (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਸੋਜ f (sāh nāḷī dī soj)
• Romanian: bronșită (ro) f
• Russian: бронхи́т (ru) m (bronxít)
• Spanish: bronquitis (es) f
• Swedish: bronkit (sv) c, luftrörskatarr (sv) c
• Tagalog: magansangambaga
• Thai: หลอดลมอักเสบ (lɔ̀ɔt-lom-àk-sèep)
• Turkish: bronşit (tr)
• Ukrainian: бронхі́т (uk) m (bronxít)
• Vietnamese: viêm phế quản (炎肺管)

See also

• bronchiolitis