Word Meanings - BRONCHITIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.
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- BRONCHITIC
Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - INFLAMMATION
A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain. - BRONCHITIS
Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them. - APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach