CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic bronchitis mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONIC BRONCHITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

bronchitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes)

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

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual has or had asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

(Has Asthma, Chronic Lung Disease, Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema, NCI Thesaurus)

People who smoke or have chronic bronchitis have an increased risk of emphysema.

(Emphysema, NCI Dictionary)

Heavy cigar smoking can also increase the risk of heart disease and lung diseases, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

(Cigar, NCI Dictionary)

The two main types are chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

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

Dyphylline is used in the treatment of acute bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

(Dyphylline, NCI Thesaurus)

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

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

Chronic bronchitis usually does not go away completely.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NCI Dictionary)

COPD includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged.

(COPD, NCI Dictionary)

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

(Cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged.

(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NCI Dictionary)