Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The bronchial tubes. See bronchial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.

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  • noun anatomy The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, especially the subdivision of the bronchi.

Etymologies

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Latin. Compare bronchus.

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