bronchitis

See also: Bronchitis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɹɒŋˈkʌɪtɪs/

Noun

bronchitis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchitises or bronchitides)

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bronchitis.

Derived terms

Translations

inflammation of the lungs

Bulgarian: бронхит m (bronhít)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 支氣管炎 (zh), 支气管炎 (zh) (zhīqìguǎnyán)
Czech: zánět průdušek m, bronchitida (cs) f
Danish: bronkitis
Dutch: bronchitis (nl)
Esperanto: bronkito
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)

Irish: broincíteas m
Italian: bronchite (it) f
Japanese: 気管支炎 (きかんしえん, kikanshien)
Korean: 기관지염 (ko) (gigwanjiyeom) (氣管支炎 (ko))
Maori: mate wharowharo, mare wharowharo, mate mare wharowharo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bronkitt m

Nynorsk: bronkitt m
Occitan: bronquiti (oc) f
Polish: zapalenie oskrzeli (pl) n
Portuguese: bronquite (pt) f
Romanian: bronșită (ro) f
Russian: бронхи́т (ru) m (bronxít)
Spanish: bronquitis (es) f
Swedish: bronkit (sv) c
Tagalog: magansangambaga
Turkish: bronşit (tr)

See also

bronchiolitis

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