bronchia
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of bronchia
1665–75; < Late Latin < Greek, plural of brónchion, equivalent to brónch ( os ) windpipe + -ion diminutive suffix
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The men who breathe too much the gases liberated on explosion of powder or dynamite suffer more than other miners from affections of the larynx, the bronchia, and the stomach.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
The same causes which produce inflammation of the lungs, of the bronchia, and of the other respiratory organs, produce also pleurisy.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
A representation of the larynx, trachea, bronchia, and air-cells.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
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
Coughing is a violent expulsory effort by which air is suddenly forced through the bronchia and trachea to remove offending matter.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
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