Meanings
nounbronchoconstrictor (plural bronchoconstrictors)
plural bronchoconstrictors
- Something that causes bronchoconstriction
Origin
- Ancient Greekβρόγχος (brónkhos)
- Englishbroncho-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōn-
- Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
- Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
- Proto-Italic*stringō
- Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
- Proto-Italic*strengō
- Latinstringō
- Latincōnstringō
- New Latincōnstrictor
- Latincōnstringō
- Latincōnstrictus
- Englishconstrict
- Englishconstrictor
- Englishbronchoconstrictor
From broncho- + constrictor.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian broncocostrittore
- broncocostrittoreTranslations
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APA
bronchoconstrictor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchoconstrictor
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“bronchoconstrictor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchoconstrictor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bronchoconstrictor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronchoconstrictor.
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