bronchia

American  

[brong-kee-uh] / ˈbrɒŋ ki ə /

noun

Anatomy.

1. the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.

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bronchia British  

/ ˈbrɒŋkɪə /

plural noun

1. another name for bronchial tubes

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Etymology

Origin of bronchia

1665–75; < Late Latin < Greek, plural of brónchion, equivalent to brónch ( os ) windpipe + -ion diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Bronchitis, from Greek"—blow the derivation!—"inflammation of the membrane of the bronchia.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various

The Unknown.—No; this inquiry has been pursued by much abler investigators: by Schreiber and Configliachi; my researches were made upon its respiration and the changes occasioned in water by its bronchia.

From Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Morley, Henry

If fumes or fuliginous vapours and air permeate this vessel, as they do the pulmonary bronchia, wherefore do we find neither air nor fuliginous vapours when we divide the pulmonary vein?

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The same causes which produce inflammation of the lungs, of the bronchia, and of the other respiratory organs, produce also pleurisy.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

Those, which arise from the internal surface of the bronchia, and which imbibe moisture from the atmosphere, and a part of the bronchial mucus, are called pulmonary absorbents.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus