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Definition of Chronic bronchitis
1. Noun. A form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow.
Medical Definition of Chronic bronchitis
1. A condition of the bronchial tree characterised by cough, hypersecretion of mucus, and expectoration of sputum over a long period of time, associated with frequent bronchial infection; usually due to inhalation, over a prolonged period, of air contaminated by dust or by noxious gases of combustion. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Chronic bronchitis
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1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"П. chronic bronchitis Etiology.—This affection may follow repeated attacks of
acute bronchitis, but it is most commonly met with in chronic lung affections, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1885)
"His contention is that in children chronic bronchitis may be produced as a ...
He considers that it differs essentially from the chronic bronchitis of old ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Schilling is able to state that in chronic bronchitis the good effects of
radiotherapy are almost immediately evident, and persist for as long as two or ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"chronic bronchitis may arise as the result of repeated attacks of the acute ...
The symptoms and auscultatory signs of chronic bronchitis are on the whole ..."
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