Bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition where the walls of the bronchi are thickened from inflammation and infection. People with bronchiectasis have periodic flare-ups of breathing difficulties, called exacerbations.
To exceed is to go beyond expectations, or to go too far. If you exceed the speed limit, you might get a speeding ticket. Exceed and excess share the Latin root excedere meaning to go beyond.. An excess is too much of something, like the piles of candy after Halloween, and exceed means the action of going too far in a good or bad way.
The ability of a process to meet specifications (customer expectations) is defined as Process Capability, which is measured by indexes that compare the spread (variability) and centering of the process to the upper and lower specifications.