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語源

From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “windpipe”) +‎ -itis.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/

名詞

bronchitis (countable and uncountable, plural bronchitises or bronchitides)

1. (uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.

2. (countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bronchitis.

派生語

参考

• bronchiolitis