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

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

That includes veterans suffering from cancer, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, hypertension, sinusitis and other conditions, often related to the respiratory system.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

"Many patients are dehydrated - the main symptoms are coughs and bronchial congestion. Some also have respiratory distress," he tells the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024

“I’d hoped to power through the Phoenix show but I had a bronchial infection and a last-minute adverse reaction to medication,” Hackett wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

At the end of the fifth test, the subject was sent home to New York with three or four aspirins in an engraved envelope for his sniffles, which turned out to be bronchial pneumonia.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger