bronchial

[ brong-kee-uhl ]

/ ˈbrɒŋ ki əl /

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adjective Anatomy.

pertaining to the bronchia or bronchi.

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Origin of bronchial

First recorded in 1725–35; bronchi(a) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bronchial

bron·chi·al·ly, adverbin·ter·bron·chi·al, adjectivepost·bron·chi·al, adjectivepre·bron·chi·al, adjective

sub·bron·chi·al, adjectivesub·bron·chi·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby bronchial

Bromsgrove, bronc, bronch-, bronchi, bronchia, bronchial, bronchial asthma, bronchial tube, bronchial tubes, bronchiectasis, bronchiole

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How to use bronchial in a sentence

After six weeks of daily practice, bronchial hyper-reactiveness also seemed to improve, that study found.
How Alternative Medicine Can Help People With Asthma|Markham Heid|March 11, 2022|Time
If the virus is growing well in bronchial cells, symptoms like coughing could release a lot of viruses into the air.
The omicron variant is surging. Here’s what we’ve learned so far|Erin Garcia de Jesús|December 21, 2021|Science News
Days later, with a fever joining his other symptoms, they took Moxxon to an urgent-care clinic, where an X-ray detected bronchial pneumonia.
As coronavirus recedes, colds and common viruses are back — especially among children|Amy Goldstein, Fenit Nirappil|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
RSV is the most common cause of bronchial infections and pneumonia in children under age 1, with a season that typically runs roughly from November to early spring.
As coronavirus recedes, colds and common viruses are back — especially among children|Amy Goldstein, Fenit Nirappil|June 16, 2021|Washington Post

When the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
True bronchial asthma commonly gives a marked eosinophilia during and following the paroxysms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
For some three years back I have labored under a disease of the throat—a bronchial affection—a severe affliction it was.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot|William Gannaway Brownlow
Similar cells are found in some part of most of the internal organs, including the bronchial tubes.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking|Wesley Mills
A view of the lower part of the trachea, dividing into the main bronchial tubes, which again branch into a tree-like form.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking|Wesley Mills

British Dictionary definitions for bronchial

bronchial

/ (ˈbrɒŋkɪəl) /

adjective

of or relating to the bronchi or the bronchial tubes

Derived forms of bronchial

bronchially, adverb

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