BRONCHITIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchitis mean?
• BRONCHITIS (noun)
The noun BRONCHITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
Familiarity information: BRONCHITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRONCHITIS (noun)
Meaning:
Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bronchitis" is a kind of...):
respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)
Meronyms (parts of "bronchitis"):
bronchospasm (a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronchitis"):
bronchiolitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles)
chronic bronchitis (a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow)
