bronchiolitis

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noun

Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.

OriginEnglish bronchiole →
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Meanings

nounbronchiolitis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineInflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.

    These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

    2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Englishbronchial
  2. Englishbronchiole
  3. Englishbronchiolitis

From bronchiole + -itis.

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Translations

Arabic اِلْتِهَاب الْقُصَيْبَات
  • اِلْتِهَاب الْقُصَيْبَات (iltihāb al-quṣaybāt)inflammation of the bronchioles
Basque bronkiolitis
  • bronkiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Catalan bronquiolitis
  • bronquiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Dutch bronchiolitis
  • bronchiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Estonian bronhioliit
  • bronhioliitinflammation of the bronchioles
Finnish bronkioliitti
  • bronkioliittiinflammation of the bronchioles
French bronchiolite
  • bronchioliteinflammation of the bronchioles
German Bronchiolitis
  • Bronchiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Greek βρογχιολίτιδα
  • βρογχιολίτιδα (vronchiolítida)inflammation of the bronchioles
Indonesian bronkiolitis
  • bronkiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Italian bronchiolite
  • bronchioliteinflammation of the bronchioles
Portuguese bronquiolite
  • bronquioliteinflammation of the bronchioles
Spanish bronquiolitis
  • bronquiolitisinflammation of the bronchioles
Swedish bronkiolit
  • bronkiolitinflammation of the bronchioles
Cite this entry
APA

bronchiolitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchiolitis

MLA

“bronchiolitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchiolitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bronchiolitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchiolitis.

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