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bronchospastic
Variant of bronchospasm
bronchospasm
definition
bron·cho·spasm (bräŋ′kō spaz′əm)
noun
spasmodic contraction of the muscular walls of the bronchial air passages to the lungs, as in asthma, which makes breathing difficult
Related Forms:
- bronchospastic bron′·cho·spas′tic (-spas′tik) adjective
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