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

A representation of the larynx, trachea, bronchia, and air-cells.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

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

The internal surface of the windpipe, bronchia, and air-cells, is lined with a delicate membrane, highly organized with blood-vessels, &c.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

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

Those, which arise from the internal surface of the bronchia, and which imbibe moisture from the atmosphere, and a part of the bronchial mucus, are called pulmonary absorbents.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin