chronic bronchitis

n.

Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, characterized by cough, hypersecretion of mucus, and expectoration of sputum over a long period of time and associated with increased vulnerability to bronchial infection.

Words nearby chronic bronchitis

chronic acholuric jaundice, chronic active liver disease, chronic adrenocortical insufficiency, chronic alcoholism, chronic atrophic thyroiditis, chronic bronchitis, chronic desquamative gingivitis, chronic disease, chronic familial jaundice, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic glaucoma