bronquiectasia

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”) and ἔκτασις (éktasis, “dilation”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɾonkjeɡˈtasja/ [bɾõŋ.kjeɣ̞ˈt̪a.sja]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: bron‧quiec‧ta‧sia

Noun

bronquiectasia f (plural bronquiectasias)

  1. (pathology) bronchiectasis

References
  1. “bronquiectasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading
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