Meanings
nounchronic bronchitis (plural chronic bronchitides or chronic bronchitises)
plural chronic bronchitides · plural chronic bronchitises
- medicineOne of the two entities making up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as having a productive cough for three months in each of two successive years in a patient in whom other causes of chronic cough have been excluded.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 慢性支氣管炎 /慢性支气管炎
- 慢性支氣管炎 /慢性支气管炎 (mànxìng zhīqìguǎnyán)disease
Dutch chronische bronchitis
- chronische bronchitisdisease
Indonesian bronkitis kronis
- bronkitis kronisdisease
Malay bronkitis kronik
- bronkitis kronikdisease
Swedish kvickdrag
- kvickdragdisease
Cite this entry
APA
chronic bronchitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20bronchitis
MLA
“chronic bronchitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20bronchitis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronic bronchitis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20bronchitis.
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