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bronchospasm

noun/ˈbrɒŋkəʊspæzəm/

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Sudden constriction of bronchial smooth muscle causing raised airway pressures and wheeze.

Intraoperative bronchospasm manifested as a rising plateau pressure and an obstructive capnograph upstroke.

Topic: Anaesthesia in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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