Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the bronchi, the bronchia, or the bronchioles.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging to the bronchi or the bronchia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.
  • adjective branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications.
  • adjective the air cells terminating the bronchia.
  • adjective glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia.
  • adjective the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.
  • adjective the bronchi, or the bronchia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or associated with the bronchi

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Examples

  • On examining more minutely with the magnifier, open-mouthed bronchial twigs, and very small blood-vessels, were seen plugged up with solid and fluid carbon, and, from the appearance of the morbid structure, it was manifest, that the ulcerative process had effected a complete disorganization of the _bronchial_ tubes of every calibre, while the smaller _arterial_ vessels had alone suffered, leaving the larger ones entire. [

    An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Archibald Makellar

  • The last time I kept up the cycling through the winter was the last time I was properly ill with a long-term bronchial cough that was hard to shift.

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  • Its posterior part (the so-called saccular lung) has unique thick, muscular walls* that allows stored air to be forced forward into the functional anterior part (termed the bronchial lung) and the anterior projection of the lung (the so-called tracheal lung) is large and extends well forwards relative to that of terrestrial snakes.

    ‘A miniature plesiosaur without flippers’: surreal morphologies and surprising behaviours in sea snakes Darren Naish 2006

  • Its posterior part (the so-called saccular lung) has unique thick, muscular walls* that allows stored air to be forced forward into the functional anterior part (termed the bronchial lung) and the anterior projection of the lung (the so-called tracheal lung) is large and extends well forwards relative to that of terrestrial snakes.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • JOHNSON: They've identified that they're predisposed to developing a certain kind of lung cancer called bronchial (ph) carcinoma, and that was reported late last year in 2005.

    CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2006 2006

  • Each branch enters the lung of its own side, and breaks up into a great number of smaller branches, called bronchial tubes.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • This condition as a disease may be called bronchial catarrh, as in most cases there is such a condition of the larger tubes as to cause the habitual raising of a discharge.

    The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Edward Hooker Dewey

  • This is known as the bronchial murmur and is heard in normal conditions near the lower part of the trachea and to a limited extent in the anterior portions of the lungs after sharp exercise.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Around the bronchial tubes and their ramifications there are also arteries and veins called the bronchial, arising from the vena azygos or vena cava, and from the aorta.

    Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

  • Asthmatx has developed the Alair System to perform an investigational outpatient procedure called bronchial thermoplasty.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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