bronchial

American  

[brong-kee-uhl] / ˈbrɒŋ ki əl /

adjective

Anatomy.

1. pertaining to the bronchia or bronchi.

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bronchial British  

/ ˈbrɒŋkɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the bronchi or the bronchial tubes

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Other Word Forms

• bronchially adverb
• interbronchial adjective
• postbronchial adjective
• prebronchial adjective
• subbronchial adjective
• subbronchially adverb

Etymology

Origin of bronchial

First recorded in 1725–35; bronchi(a) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

A bronchial spasm sent the maestro to hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1991, Mercury died at the age of 45 from bronchial pneumonia, a complication of AIDS.

From BBC

Smith was a sickly child, contracting bronchial pneumonia, tuberculosis, German measles, mumps and chicken pox which kept her in "periods of lengthy bed rest".

From BBC

Perhaps the most grotesque episode features the boys salvaging their grandmother’s hot tub, promising Dad they’ll keep it clean and then contracting some kind of gruesome, racking bronchial affliction that coughs up another moral.

From The Wall Street Journal

Machines valiantly take over for faltering kidneys, heart valves, bronchial tubes.

From Los Angeles Times