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bronchospasm
This term describes a violent, involuntary contraction of the smooth muscles in the lungs. It carries a clinical and urgent connotation, typically associated with acute respiratory distress or severe allergic reactions. In a medical setting, it is used to describe the physiological mechanism of airway closure rather than the general symptom of shortness of breath.
As a medical noun, it follows standard countability rules for clinical conditions. While it can be used in the plural to describe multiple episodes, it is most frequently encountered in the singular to describe a specific event or a state of pathology.
Meanings
Examples
The patient is suffering from a severe bronchospasm.
Cold air can trigger a bronchospasm in people with asthma.
I feel like my chest is tightening and I might be having a bronchospasm.
Administer the albuterol immediately to reverse the bronchospasm.
Administer the albuterol immediately to reverse the bronchospasm.
The medication was designed to prevent exercise induced bronchospasm.
The medication was designed to prevent exercise induced bronchospasm.
He experienced a sudden bronchospasm during the procedure.
Is this wheezing a sign of an acute bronchospasm?
The doctor noted that the bronchospasm subsided after the treatment.