a. [f. next + -IC.] Of or pertaining to bronchitis; affected with bronchitis.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 808/1. In bronchitic affections.
1861. O. W. Holmes, Elsie V., 354. Some new grievance, dyspeptic, neuralgic, bronchitic, or other.
b. absol. as pl. Persons suffering from bronchitis.
1879. Sala, in Daily Tel., 21 July, 5/6. The inhalation of the fumes of sweet wort has frequently been recommended to the bronchitic and asthmatic.
