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bronquitis crónica [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Bronchi
DEF

A clinical disorder characterized by excessive mucous secretion in the bronchial tree and manifested by chronic productive cough.

DEF

a long-continued form, often with a more or less marked tendency to recurrence after stages of quiescence. It is due to repeated attacks of acute bronchitis or to chronic general diseases; characterized by attacks of coughing, by expectoration, either scanty or profuse, and secondary changes in the lung tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Bronches
DEF

Affection caractérisée par une hypersécrétion muqueuse, bronchique, chronique, permanente ou récidivante, survenant, la plupart des jours, au moins 3 mois par an pendant au moins 2 années consécutives, sans que l'on puisse individualiser une affection bronchopulmonaire pré-existante.

OBS

Au moins théoriquement, on doit distinguer du cadre de la bronchite chronique : -l'asthme [...] -les dystrophies bronchiques [...] -l'emphysème [...]. Mais l'association d'une bronchite chronique ou à un asthme ou en emphysème est fréquente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Efectos de la polución
  • Bronquios
DEF

Tos y expectoración por más de tres meses, durante dos años sucesivos, descartadas otras enfermedades pulmonares como tuberculosis, bronquiectásias, cáncer broncogénico.

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