bronchitis
USbrahng-KY-tis/bɹɑŋˈkaɪtɪs/UKbrong-KY-tis/bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/
Pluralbronchitises (some meanings), bronchitides (some meanings)
- 1A chest illness where the airways inside the lungs become swollen and sore.
Like the inside of a straw getting swollen and sticky, so air has trouble passing through.
The doctor said her bad cough was caused by bronchitis.
After years of smoking, he developed bronchitis and struggled to breathe.
Note
- 2A case or particular kind of inflamed, swollen airways in the lungs.
He caught a bronchitis that kept him in bed for a week.
There are different kinds of bronchitis, and some are worse than others.
Note
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with bronchitis, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.
Origin
It comes from a Greek word meaning "windpipe," plus "-itis," which means inflammation.