Med. [f. Gr. βρόγχια BRONCHIA + ἔκτασις dilatation.] Dilatation of the bronchial tubes. Hence Bronchiectasic, -ectatic a. [as if ad. Gr. *ἐκτατικός.]
1877. Roberts, Handbk. Med. (ed. 3), I. 376. Bronchiectasis generally arises in the course of some chronic lung disease.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 196. The bronchiectatic cavities are common.
