bronchial tubes

British  

plural noun

1. the bronchi or their smaller divisions

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bronchial tubes Cultural  

1. The system of tubelike structures that connects the trachea to the lungs. (See respiratory system.)

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Example Sentences

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

When, on a day after a trip to collect coal, I cough once, loudly, through bronchial tubes already packed tight with phlegm, my mother frowns.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison