bronchus
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bronchus
1700–10; < New Latin < Greek brónchos windpipe
Vocabulary lists containing bronchus
Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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In the United States and the United Kingdom, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men, behind lung and bronchus cancer.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
Kentucky has the highest incidence rates for lung and bronchus and cervical cancers, while ranking second for colon and rectal cancers, it said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Each bronchus divides into secondary bronchi, then into tertiary bronchi, which in turn divide, creating smaller and smaller diameter bronchioles as they split and spread through the lung.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong reported that compared with Delta, Omicron “infects and multiplies 70 times faster” in the bronchus, the main airways into the lungs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
The irritation caused by the foreign body in the bronchus may set up bronchitis or pneumonia, and abscess of the lung may supervene.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
However, it rarely affects the bronchi and alveoli in the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
In severe asthma, the bronchi become chronically inflamed and constricted.
From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023
R.S.V. predominantly affects the small airways, called bronchioles, that branch off from bronchi in the lungs.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
These cilia beat in unison and move mucus and particles out of the bronchi and bronchioles back up to the throat where it is swallowed and eliminated via the esophagus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Hard breathing, as though lungs and bronchi were closing as the chill passes off.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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