bronchial
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Adjective (1)
- relating to or associated with the bronchi“bronchial tubes”“bronchial pneumonia”Relating to bronchial tube
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bron′chi·al (…), adjective
Origin: Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.
Anatomy Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.
Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. — Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. — Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. — Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. — Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54