bronchial
pronunciation
How to pronounce bronchial in British English:
UK [ˈbrɒŋkiəl]
How to pronounce bronchial in American English:
US [ˈbrɑŋkiəl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or associated with the bronchi
Word Origin
- bronchial (adj.)
- c. 1735, from Late Latin bronchus, from Greek bronkhos "windpipe, throat" (from PIE *gwro-nkh-, from root *gwere- (4) "to swallow;" see voracity) + -al (1). bronchial tubes is from 1847.
Example
- 1. Small doses depress salivary and bronchial secretion and sweating .
- 2. Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis in the management of bronchial asthma .
- 3. For a while after my grandfather quit the icehouse because of severe bronchial problems , he ran a liquor store .
- 4. Helps loosen phlegm and bronchial secretions .
- 5. He had bronchial pneumonia as a child .