bronchospasm
noun
bronchospasm is spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-O-S-P-A-S-M: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bronchospasm means “difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bronchospasm is bronchospasms.
How many letters and syllables are in bronchospasm?
| Letters | 12: B-R-O-N-C-H-O-S-P-A-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bronchospasm?
Bronchospasm appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bronchospasm?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bronchospasm.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bronchospasm
- bronchospasms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bronchospasm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bronchospasm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of th:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | broncoespasmo |
| Spanish | broncoespasmo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bronchospasm come from?
From broncho- + spasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).