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‖ bronchus Phys.|ˈbrɒŋkəs| Pl. bronchi (also 8 improperly bronchæ). [mod.L., a. Gr. βρόγχος the wind-pipe.] Each of the two main branches of the trachea or wind-pipe.
1706in Phillips, Bronchus; hence in Bailey 1731. 1782A. Munro Anat. (ed. 3) 59 The water..passes betwixt the interstices of the bronchi, and the flap that covers them. 1769W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 175 A phthisis occasioned by a small bone sticking in the bronchæ. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 627 The Right Bronchus is wider, shorter, and more horizontal than the left. 1881Mivart Cat 223 The bronchi have the same structure as the trachea. |