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bronchial, a.|ˈbrɒŋkɪəl| [ad. mod.L. bronchiālis, f. bronchia; see prec. and -al1.] Pertaining to the bronchi or bronchia.
a1735Arbuthnot (J.) Inflammation of the lungs may happen either in the bronchial or pulmonary vessels. 1793T. Beddoes Lett. Darwin 69 Too great secretion of bronchial mucus. 1847Youatt Horse xi. 239 The air which has descended through the bronchial tubes. 1879M. E. Braddon Clov. Foot III. ii. 14 He would hardly ask me to risk a bronchial attack. Hence ˈbronchially adv.
1885Kendal Merc. & Times 13 Mar. 5/4 This ancient foe of the dyspeptic and the bronchially delicate. |