bronchial tube

noun

1. a bronchus or any of its ramifications or branches.

bronchial tube

/ brŏng′kē-əl /

1. A bronchus or any of the tubes branching from a bronchus. The bronchial tubes decrease in size as they descend into the lungs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bronchial tube¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The bleeding was from a bronchial tube,—so I have to be careful about getting cold.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole arrangement of passages and air cells springing from the end of a bronchial tube, is called an ultimate lobule.

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A little bronchial tube terminates in every one of these lobules.

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The tentacles of the bronchial tube seem to be possessed of exquisite sensibility.

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