bronquiectasia
Bronchiectasis in Portuguese is bronquiectasia.
bronquiectasia is the medical term for the abnormal, permanent dilatation of the bronchial tubes. In a clinical context, you may also see the more descriptive phrase dilatação dos brônquios used to refer to this same condition.
Meaning: abnormal permanent dilatation of the bronchial tubes (noun)
Which one should you use?
bronquiectasia is the standard term for the condition, while dilatação dos brônquios serves as a descriptive alternative often used in clinical settings.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of bronquiectasia is bronquiectasias.
Did you know?
- While bronquiectasia is a noun, Portuguese speakers often describe the feeling of the disease using the verb chiar, which means to hiss or whistle.
- While bronquiectasia is the precise medical term, a Portuguese speaker might colloquially describe the symptoms as having 'catarro no peito' when speaking to a family doctor.
- In Portuguese medical reports, bronquiectasia is frequently grouped under the umbrella term doenças obstrutivas, which literally translates to 'obstructive diseases'.
Examples in context
- uma bronquiectasia graveA severe bronchiectasis
- um caso de dilatação brônquicaA case of bronchial dilation
- O exame confirmou a bronquiectasia.The exam confirmed the bronchiectasis.
- A bronquiectasia pode causar tosse crônica.Bronchiectasis can cause chronic cough.
Example conversation
Beatriz is a doctor explaining a diagnosis to Felipe.
- BeatrizFelipe, os exames mostram que você tem bronquiectasia.Felipe, the exams show that you have bronchiectasis.
- FelipeO que exatamente é a bronquiectasia?What exactly is bronchiectasis?
- BeatrizÉ uma dilatação permanente dos brônquios.It is a permanent dilatation of the bronchi.
- FelipeEntendo, e como vamos tratar isso?I see, and how are we going to treat this?
