A historical medical term for a serious lung or bronchial infection that occurred alongside or resembled typhus fever, especially in patients with weakened respiratory systems.
From 'bronchos' (windpipe) + 'typhus' (from Greek 'typhos,' smoke/fog/delirium). This term was used in the 18th-19th centuries when doctors noticed that bronchial infections sometimes accompanied or mimicked typhus fever symptoms.
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