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difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spasm
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos)der. English broncho- English spasm English bronchospasm From broncho- + spasm.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
broncoespasme
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
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Czech:
bronchospasmus
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
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Indonesian:
bronkospasme
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
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Italian:
broncospasmo
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
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Portuguese:
broncoespasmo
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
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Spanish:
broncoespasmo
— difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles