bronchiectasis
/ˌbrɑŋkiˈɛktəsɪs/
noun
- A medical condition in which the bronchial tubes become permanently widened, damaged, and scarred, often causing coughing and frequent lung infections.
- People with bronchiectasis often need antibiotics to treat repeated infections.
- The doctor diagnosed bronchiectasis after seeing the damage on the chest X-ray.
- Bronchiectasis can develop after a severe lung infection like pneumonia.