Meanings
nounbronchitis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchitises or bronchitides)
plural bronchitises · plural bronchitides
- uncountableAn inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
A'Zayah has a metabolic disorder, and at the moment was sick with bronchitis.
2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 1111 more example
Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.
2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - countableAn occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
Origin
- Late Latinbronchus
- Englishbronchitis
From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “windpipe”) + -itis.
More words from Late Latin
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Bulgarian бронхи́т
- бронхи́т (bronhít)inflammation of the lungs
Catalan bronquitis
- bronquitisinflammation of the lungs
Chinese Mandarin 支氣管炎 /支气管炎
- 支氣管炎 /支气管炎 (zhīqìguǎnyán)inflammation of the lungs
Czech zánět průdušek, bronchitida
- zánět průdušekinflammation of the lungs
- bronchitidainflammation of the lungs
Danish bronkitis
- bronkitisinflammation of the lungs
Dutch bronchitis
- bronchitisinflammation of the lungs
Esperanto bronkito
- bronkitoinflammation of the lungs
Estonian kopsukatarr, bronhiit
- kopsukatarrinflammation of the lungs
- bronhiitinflammation of the lungs
Finnish keuhkoputkentulehdus, keuhkokatarri
- keuhkoputkentulehdusinflammation of the lungs
- keuhkokatarriinflammation of the lungs
French bronchite
- bronchiteinflammation of the lungs
German Bronchitis
- Bronchitisinflammation of the lungs
Greek βρογχίτις, βρογχίτιδα
- βρογχίτις (vronchítis)inflammation of the lungs
- βρογχίτιδα (vronchítida)inflammation of the lungs
Hebrew ברונכיטיס
- ברונכיטיס (bronkhit'is)inflammation of the lungs
Hungarian hörgőgyulladás, hörghurut
- hörgőgyulladásinflammation of the lungs
- hörghurutinflammation of the lungs
Indonesian bronkitis
- bronkitisinflammation of the lungs
Irish broincíteas
- broincíteasinflammation of the lungs
Italian bronchite
- bronchiteinflammation of the lungs
Japanese 気管支炎
- 気管支炎 (kikanshien)inflammation of the lungs
Korean 기관지염
- 기관지염 (gigwanjiyeom)inflammation of the lungs
Māori mate wharowharo, mare wharowharo
- mate wharowharoinflammation of the lungs
- mare wharowharoinflammation of the lungs
- mate mare wharowharoinflammation of the lungs
- mate arahauinflammation of the lungs
- pekahau kakāinflammation of the lungs
Norwegian Bokmål bronkitt
- bronkittinflammation of the lungs
Persian برونشیت
- برونشیت (boronšit)inflammation of the lungs
Polish zapalenie oskrzeli
- zapalenie oskrzeliinflammation of the lungs
Portuguese bronquite
- bronquiteinflammation of the lungs
Punjabi ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਸੋਜ
- ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਸੋਜ (sāh nāḷī dī soj)inflammation of the lungs
Romanian bronșită
- bronșităinflammation of the lungs
Russian бронхи́т
- бронхи́т (bronxít)inflammation of the lungs
Spanish bronquitis
- bronquitisinflammation of the lungs
Swedish bronkit, luftrörskatarr
- bronkitinflammation of the lungs
- luftrörskatarrinflammation of the lungs
Tagalog magansangambaga
- magansangambagainflammation of the lungs
Thai หลอดลมอักเสบ
- หลอดลมอักเสบ (lɔ̀ɔt-lom-àk-sèep)inflammation of the lungs
Turkish bronşit
- bronşitinflammation of the lungs
Ukrainian бронхі́т
- бронхі́т (bronxít)inflammation of the lungs
Vietnamese viêm phế quản
- viêm phế quảninflammation of the lungs
Cite this entry
APA
bronchitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchitis
MLA
“bronchitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bronchitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchitis.
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