bronchial

American  

[brong-kee-uhl] / ˈbrɒŋ ki əl /

adjective

Anatomy.

1. pertaining to the bronchia or bronchi.

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bronchial British  

/ ˈbrɒŋkɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the bronchi or the bronchial tubes

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Other Word Forms

• bronchially adverb
• interbronchial adjective
• postbronchial adjective
• prebronchial adjective
• subbronchial adjective
• subbronchially adverb

Etymology

Origin of bronchial

First recorded in 1725–35; bronchi(a) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Smith was a sickly child, contracting bronchial pneumonia, tuberculosis, German measles, mumps and chicken pox which kept her in "periods of lengthy bed rest".

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Perhaps the most grotesque episode features the boys salvaging their grandmother’s hot tub, promising Dad they’ll keep it clean and then contracting some kind of gruesome, racking bronchial affliction that coughs up another moral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Machines valiantly take over for faltering kidneys, heart valves, bronchial tubes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

Research suggests that toxins in the smoke may be responsible for a series of ailments suffered by veterans, including cancer, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, sleep apnea, bronchitis and sinusitis.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

I believe that it was too strenuous a marathon of long speeches that Mr. Muhammad made at our big rallies which, abruptly, badly aggravated his long-bothersome bronchial asthmatic condition.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey