bronchial
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈbrɒŋkiəl/
- Specialized
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broncial
- Asthma can cause significant bronchial constriction, making it difficult to breathe.
- bronchial responsiveness
- bronchial asthma
- lungs' bronchial
Inhaling smoke is universally uniformly irritating to the lining of your nose, your sinuses, your throat, your bronchial tubes, and your lungs.
- Inhaling smoke is universally uniformly irritating to the lining of your nose, your sinuses, your throat, your bronchial tubes, and your lungs.
- Not my throat, not my bronchial cords.
- The one hope, which is very bizarre is that you can kind of piggyback on the expansion of bronchial space.
Examples
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Bronchial asthma is a disease that represents a chronic inflammatory process, characterized by reversible bronchial obstruction, edema, and mucosal secretion.
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Pulmonary function tests assess the degree of bronchial damage and enable the patient's progress to be monitored.
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Remember when I had a bronchial infection?
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The cold air won't help my bronchial condition.
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In both cases, lung and bronchial cancer was the most frequent kind of fatal cancer.
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In this study, passive smoking was associated with increased bronchial responsiveness.
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The official diagnosis was that he had suffered a bronchial spasm brought on by too much smoking.
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Reggie was diagnosed with a series of pulmonary and bronchial problems.
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The damaged lung is irreparable, so management is aimed at controlling infections and bronchial issues.
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It provides fast-acting relief of bronchial swelling due to asthma or allergies
Synonyms
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7.9
Coming from the main tubes in the lungs that carry air
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A lung infection that inflames the small airways and causes cough and fever
- Specialized
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3.5
A lung condition where airways become swollen and narrow, causing wheezing and trouble breathing, often caused by allergies
- Specialized
A small blood vessel that carries blood from the lung tubes to a larger vein near the spine
- Specialized
A small blood vessel that carries blood to the airways and other parts of the lungs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bronchial comes from the Greek word bronchos, which means 'windpipe' or the tube for air. So bronchial is used for the tubes in the lungs that carry air, which is why we talk about a bronchial infection or bronchial asthma.