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noun

bronchitis

inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

In a sentence

Six example sentences with bronchitis, each labelled with its topic.

  • The cough lingered six weeks after her flu, and the clinic finally diagnosed bronchitis rather than a stubborn cold.

    Medicine

  • Winter smog in the valley sent so many wheezing patients to hospitals that bronchitis cases doubled by February.

    Environment

  • The tenor canceled three performances because bronchitis left him unable to hold a note without coughing.

    Music

  • Bronchitis kept her off the bike for three weeks, and the first ride back left her wheezing after a single hill.

    Fitness

  • The center missed four games with bronchitis, and the team gave up twelve more rebounds a night without him.

    Basketball

  • Coal smoke hung over the city every winter, and doctors' ledgers from the 1880s list bronchitis on nearly every page.

    History

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