Disease or Syndrome
bronchospasm Audio
bron·cho·spasm [ brong-kuh-spaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Bronchial Diseases
Definitions related to bronchospasm:
  • A pathologic contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchial wall.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A spasm (sudden, involuntary constriction) of the bronchioles.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Spasmodic contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchi.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Sudden contraction of the smooth muscles of the bronchial wall.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A disorder characterized by a sudden contraction of the smooth muscles of the bronchial wall.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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