Bronchitis
noun
A disease causing inflammation in the tubes that bring air to your lungs.
He caught a severe case of bronchitis after being exposed to cold weather.
Often appears as...
- acute bronchitis
- chronic bronchitis
noun
A disease causing inflammation in the tubes that bring air to your lungs.
He caught a severe case of bronchitis after being exposed to cold weather.
Often appears as...
- acute bronchitis
- chronic bronchitis
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Refers specifically to a respiratory illness, not to be confused with a common cold.
Although she thought it was just a cold, her persistent cough was diagnosed as bronchitis.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Levels
Can be 'acute' for short-term or 'chronic' for long-lasting, indicating seriousness.
His chronic bronchitis is a result of smoking for many years.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Matter
Often used with verbs like 'suffer from', 'develop', or 'be diagnosed with'.
After weeks of a bad cough, she was diagnosed with bronchitis.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Refers specifically to a respiratory illness, not to be confused with a common cold.
Although she thought it was just a cold, her persistent cough was diagnosed as bronchitis.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Levels
Can be 'acute' for short-term or 'chronic' for long-lasting, indicating seriousness.
His chronic bronchitis is a result of smoking for many years.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Matter
Often used with verbs like 'suffer from', 'develop', or 'be diagnosed with'.
After weeks of a bad cough, she was diagnosed with bronchitis.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Refers specifically to a respiratory illness, not to be confused with a common cold.
Although she thought it was just a cold, her persistent cough was diagnosed as bronchitis.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Levels
Can be 'acute' for short-term or 'chronic' for long-lasting, indicating seriousness.
His chronic bronchitis is a result of smoking for many years.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Matter
Often used with verbs like 'suffer from', 'develop', or 'be diagnosed with'.
After weeks of a bad cough, she was diagnosed with bronchitis.
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and increase the risk of respiratory infections like bronchitis. Smog can be especially harmful to young children and older people and exposure in pregnant women has been linked to low birth weight and potential birth defects. Secondary pollutants found in photochemical smog
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times that of an unfiltered cigarette the tar attacks the small hair like cilia to protect the lungs and paralyzes or destroys them this allows the tar to penetrate leading to a greater risk of chronic bronchitis
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to help detect signs of respiratory decompensation of patients with bronchitis or COVID. Breath'ables are showing promise. Nanonoses that can detect molecules in our breath correlating to cancer,
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Quote examples
Barbara Boxer
American Politician
I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.
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Caitlyn Jenner
American Athlete
COPD includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Over time, it makes it harder and harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the lungs.
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Loni Anderson
American Actress
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.
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Mercedes McCambridge
American Actress
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.
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Barbara Boxer
American Politician
I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.
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Caitlyn Jenner
American Athlete
COPD includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Over time, it makes it harder and harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the lungs.
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Loni Anderson
American Actress
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.
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Mercedes McCambridge
American Actress
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.
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