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bronchiolitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bronchitis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English bronchial English -ole English bronchiole Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English bronchiolitis From bronchiole + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب قُصَيْبَات (iltihāb al-quṣaybāt) — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Basque: bronkiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Catalan: bronquiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Dutch: bronchiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Estonian: bronhioliit — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Finnish: bronkioliitti — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • French: bronchiolite — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Galician: bronquiolite — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • German: Bronchiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Greek: βρογχιολίτιδα (vronchiolítida) — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Indonesian: bronkiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Italian: bronchiolite — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Portuguese: bronquiolite — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Spanish: bronquiolitis — inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Swedish: bronkiolit — inflammation of the bronchioles