Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Outside of, or independent of, the bronchial tubes.
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Though the emphysematous lung is distended to a size equal to the healthy lung in deep inspiration, yet we know that emphysematous distention, being produced by extrabronchial air accumulation, is, in fact, obstructive to the respiratory act.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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