chronic bronchitis

1. 1.

   a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow

   Broaderbronchitis

   Narrowerchronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Questions about chronic bronchitis

What does chronic bronchitis mean?

chronic bronchitis means "a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow".

Is chronic bronchitis a common word?

chronic bronchitis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.