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

In 1991, Mercury died at the age of 45 from bronchial pneumonia, a complication of AIDS.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 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

The certificate gives the cause of death as “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low grade lower respiratory tract infection,” according to the Irish Independent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2024

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

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