bronchia

American  

[brong-kee-uh] / ˈbrɒŋ ki ə /

noun

Anatomy.

1. the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.

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bronchia British  

/ ˈbrɒŋkɪə /

plural noun

1. another name for bronchial tubes

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Etymology

Origin of bronchia

1665–75; < Late Latin < Greek, plural of brónchion, equivalent to brónch ( os ) windpipe + -ion diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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bronchia

Bronchitis, from Greek"—blow the derivation!—"inflammation of the membrane of the bronchia.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various

If fumes or fuliginous vapours and air permeate this vessel, as they do the pulmonary bronchia, wherefore do we find neither air nor fuliginous vapours when we divide the pulmonary vein?

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

In the lungs, or bronchia, the venous blood is exposed to the influence of air and undergoes a remarkable change, being converted into arterial blood. 

From Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Henry Morley

I am very bad with an ulcerated throat, cough, and inflamed bronchia, and altogether below par.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington

Where the effect is to be extended to the trachea and its branches, the bronchia and the tips of the lungs, especially in the case of cough, it is still better to apply the following:

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann