chronic bronchitis
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈkrɒnɪk brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/
- Specialized
:
bronquitis crónica
- After years of smoking, he developed chronic bronchitis, leading to daily coughing and wheezing.
- chronic bronchitis and asthma
- chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Examples
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The second question asked if the respondent had been diagnosed with emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
Academic text (1998) -
Many people have not heard of COPD, although they may have heard of 'chronic bronchitis' and 'emphysema,' and many will be unaware that smoking is the major cause.
Academic text (2014) -
The patient also suffers from chronic bronchitis.
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Today, her overall health is good, but Tikva has been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis.
Blog text (12) -
This substance can harm human health by increasing the risk of asthma, chronic bronchitis, and heart disease.
Blog text (13) -
But when it comes to averages of the costs of treating chronic bronchitis and lung cancer, they do.
Academic text (1997) -
The survey results were evaluated to establish the percentage of individuals in the county affected by asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema.
Academic text (1998) -
They have chronic bronchitis, which leads to severe lung loss of lung function and often the requirement for transplantation of the lungs.
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Four out of five children in Espenhain develop chronic bronchitis or heart ailments by the age of seven (Painton 1990).
Academic text (1992) -
Smoking is also responsible for about 90 percent of cancer deaths and about 80 to 90 percent of emphysema and chronic bronchitis deaths, according to the association's website.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
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Swelling of the breathing tubes that makes you cough and have trouble breathing
How Severe
- Specialized
22
7.0
- UK
- Specialized
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3.4
3
3.4
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4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'chronic bronchitis' is directly compositional: 'chronic' (long‑lasting) modifies 'bronchitis' (inflammation of the bronchi), so the overall meaning (long‑term inflammation of the bronchi with persistent cough) is immediately derivable from its parts. This medical compound follows regular English modifier+noun patterns and has clear parallels in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would understand it.
Etymology
The medical name chronic bronchitis comes from chronic meaning 'long-lasting' and bronchitis meaning 'swelling of the bronchi', the small air tubes in the lungs. When those tubes stay swollen and full of mucus you cough for a long time, so the phrase describes a long-term cough with lots of mucus and difficulty breathing.