BRONCHITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchitis mean? 

• BRONCHITIS (noun)
  The noun BRONCHITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

  Familiarity information: BRONCHITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bronchitis" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

Meronyms (parts of "bronchitis"):

bronchospasm (a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronchitis"):

bronchiolitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles)

chronic bronchitis (a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow)

Derivation:

bronchitic (suffering from or prone to bronchitis)

 Context examples 

The most common cause of chronic bronchitis is cigarette smoking.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NCI Dictionary)

The two main types are chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

(COPD, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Acute coughs are the kind you most often get with a cold, flu, or acute bronchitis.

(Cough, NIH)

Chronic bronchitis is one type of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

(Chronic Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The two main types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are chronic obstructive bronchitis and emphysema.

(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Smoking cigarettes also causes other health problems, including heart disease, stroke, and lung diseases, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

(Cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

Bronchitis can be acute or chronic.

(Bronchial Disorders, NIH)

Bacteria can also cause acute bronchitis, but not as often as viruses.

(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It is a useful tool in defining characteristics and monitoring such conditions as obstructive lung disease, asthma, and bronchitis.

(Peak Expiratory Flow, NCI Thesaurus)

It is recommended for cough relief in the common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, and for chronic cough such as in asthma.

(Benzonatate, NCI Thesaurus)