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bronchial tubes

British  

plural noun

  1. the bronchi or their smaller divisions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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


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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

The nominee's bronchial tubes enriched the conversation further during his stay.

From Time Magazine Archive

One dilates bronchial tubes, a second constricts them.

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

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