"chest cold" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chest colds [plural]
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  1. (medicine) A nonspecialist term for acute bronchitis, a short-term inflammation of the bronchi and lungs.
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  2. A common cold or similar ailment characterized by coughing or other thoracic symptoms. Related terms: head cold, stomach flu
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