Bronchus Definition

brŏngkəs
bronchi
noun
bronchi
Any of the major air passageways of the lungs; esp., either of the two main branches of the trachea, or windpipe.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Bronchus

Noun

Singular:
bronchus
Plural:
bronchi

Origin of Bronchus

  • New Latin from Greek bronkhos windpipe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bronchus Sentence Examples

  • The left main bronchus is more horizontal then the right.

  • Bronchi-Singular, bronchus; the large tubular passages that carry air to the lung and allow air to be expelled from the lungs.

  • A chest Xray showed a radio-opaque sphere in the area of the right main stem bronchus.

  • Each bronchus divides into tubes of smaller and smaller diameter, finally ending in the terminal bronchioles.

  • However the bronchoscopy also reveals a suspicious mass in the left superior lobe bronchus which is biopsied.

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Words Starting With

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