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laryngotracheobronchitis

Definitions

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  • noun A respiratory disease, a form of croup.

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  • noun inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways

Etymologies

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laryngo- +‎ tracheo- +‎ bronchitis

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Examples

  • I like to give everyone else pharyngitis and laryngotracheobronchitis, which often becomes croup.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Emma Lurie 2006

  • I like to give everyone else pharyngitis and laryngotracheobronchitis, which often becomes croup.

    Haemophilus influenzae type B Emma Lurie 2006

  • Vegetable organic foreign bodies as peanut-kernels, beans, watermelon seeds, etcetera, cause at once violent laryngotracheobronchitis, with toxemia, cough and irregular fever, the gravity and severity being inversely to the age of the child.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

  • If, however, an inflammatory condition of the bronchi existed previous to the bronchoscopy, as for instance the intense diffuse, purulent laryngotracheobronchitis associated with the aspiration of nut kernels, or in the presence of pulmonary abscess from long retained foreign bodies, a moderate temporary rise of temperature may be expected.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

  • Known medically as viral laryngotracheobronchitis, the distinctive cough is caused my inflammation around the vocal chords.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Brandie Weikle 2011

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