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See Bronchus.

The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.

Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. -- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. --…

Bronchial.

A minute bronchial tube.

Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.

Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

The main bronchus of each lung.

One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.

Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.

Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.

disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.

Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

-- Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.

Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser. Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout. -- Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout. -- Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney s…