Pneumonitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of the lungs.
Inflammation in the lungs is called Pleurisy it can be either wet or dry, can cause adhesions, also hard to breathe.
Bronchitis
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Bronchitis is the medical term used for an inflammation of the main breathing tubes called the Bronchi. The bronchi lead from the trachea to the lungs.
This is bronchitis.
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Bronchitis
The term for this is tracheitis.
inflammation of the trachea; characterized by cough, pain and coughing on compression of the trachea and, in severe cases with obstruction of the airway, dyspnea
The medical term is "laryngotracheobronchitis".
laryngo = larnyx
tracheo = trachea
bronch = bronchi
-itis = inflammation
Laryngitis, tracheatis and bronchitis
Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the small bronchi, or bronchioles.
Inflammation of bronchioles is bronchiolitis.
It is called bronchiolitis and needs prescribed medication. It is always unpleasant and is particularly nasty in children.
Bronchiolitis
It is common in small children, generally caused by a virus and usually resolves on its own without much treatment.
Occasionally a child must be admitted to the hospital for oxygen and observation and when this happens it is common to give medications such as steroids and inhaled albuterol but they have been shown to not do much.
Any word in anatomy that ends in -itis means an inflammation of that part. In this case, a person's bronchioles that are inflamed has what is called bronchiolitis.