bronchial tubes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Machines valiantly take over for faltering kidneys, heart valves, bronchial tubes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
Yes, Browne had written more than a decade ago that “in around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2020
Doctors agreed; the patient was suffering from an intense, intractable form of bronchial asthma in which the contractions of the bronchial tubes become almost continuous and the lungs are starved for air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asthma is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes that is not difficult to treat, even if doctors cannot cure it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The germs attack the lining of the air passages, nose, throat, and bronchial tubes, which results in a deep cough and sore throat.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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