bronchitis

(brong-ki'(ke')tis). Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes, b. oblit'erans, obliterative b. cap'illaiy b., productive inflammation of the walls of the smaller bronchial tubes, combined usually with areas of pulmonary consolidation and atelectasis; catarrhal pnevmaonia; lobular pneumonia; bronchopneumonia, crou'pous b., fibrinous b. dry b., a form with scanty secretion, epidem'ic b., bronchial influenza, fi'brinous b., inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, accompanied by a fibrinous exudation which often forms a cast of the bronchial tree, hemorrha'gic b., CasteHani's ^., broncho pulmonary spirochetosis, a form of chronic bronchitis, attended with spitting of blood, believed to be due to the presence of Spirochceta bronckialis. obliferative b., a, fibrinous b. in which the exudate is not expectorated but becomes organized, obliterating the affected portion of the bronchial tubes, plas'tlc b., fibrinous b. pu'trid b., b. accompanied by an expectoration of foul-smelling material, ver'mino us b., a disease of domestic animals caused by nematode worms in the trachea and bronchi; it is often followed by catarrhal pneumonia and verminous phthisis, and is especially common in rainy years, vesic'ular b., capillary b. with extension lobular pneumonia. bronchi on.'] bronchial tube vesicular. monary cavity.