laryngotracheobronchitis
laryngotracheobronchitis (lă-ring-oh-trak-i-oh-brong-ky-tis) n. a severe and almost exclusively viral infection of the respiratory tract, especially of young children, in whom there may be a dangerous degree of obstruction either at the larynx (see croup) or bronchi.
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