bronchitis
noun
acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
bronchitic
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a word derived from
bronchitis.
Example Sentences
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Angela Lansbury is a tweedy country eccentric in wartime England, tootling around on a bronchitic sidecar motorbike and receiving mysterious parcels from a professor in London.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Mulligan was struck by the "natural charm and grace" of the boy, whose entire family, including his bronchitic father, lived with another family in a damp garage without water and electricity.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2010
"The more efficient the mask." said one spokesman, "the more difficult it is to breathe through, particularly in the case of bronchitic patients."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am elderly, grey-bearded and, according to my clerk, Alfred, disgustingly fat; I wear spectacles and get more and more bronchitic as I grow older.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
Catarrhal pneumonia occurs insidiously, with gradual intensification of the bronchitic symptoms about the fourth or fifth day, but it may set in as early as the second day, or much later, during convalescence.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
