bronchiectasisn.
/ˌbrɒŋkɪˈɛktəsɪs/ Medicine.
Dilatation of the bronchial tubes.
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bronchitis1814
plastic bronchitis1827
tracheocele1828
tracheitis1859
bronchiectasis1873
peribronchitis1876
bronchorrhœa1877
bronchospasm1901
broncho-constriction1910
Wegener's granulomatosis1948
1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 198 The cavities which are found..are not always due to bronchiectasis.
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 376 Bronchiectasis generally arises in the course of some chronic lung disease.
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ˌbronchiecˈtasic adj. (also bronchiecˈtatic) [as if < Greek *ἐκτατικός.]
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