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bronchus

bronchus

2 6.2
One of the two main tubes that carry air between the windpipe and a lung
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɒŋkəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bronquio
  • The organism then travels to the lung, penetrates the alveoli, and moves up the bronchus, where it is swallowed down the esophagus to the intestine.
  • the main bronchus

And the reason for that is Omicron seems to replicate substantially in the lung passages, the bronchus, the air passages that lead to your lungs.

Examples

  • It lacerated one of the bronchial arteries and the bronchus, one of the major air passages into the lungs.

  • And the reason for that is Omicron seems to replicate substantially in the lung passages, the bronchus, the air passages that lead to your lungs.

  • There's a lesion in the bronchus.

  • In men, lung, bladder, bronchus, skin, and stomach cancers show the highest increase.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The tumor masses compressed the bronchus of the upper and middle pulmonary lobes.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Also, a case of severe stenosis of the left mainstem bronchus was reported by Muller and Slazer.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In 2007-2012, the most common cancers were lung/bronchus, liver, and prostate cancers.

    Academic text (2016)
  • We can see that yttrium-86 is used to treat cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung, as well as malignant melanoma of the skin and kidney cancer.

    Blog text (30)
  • Air flowing down the windpipe passes into the main tube, or bronchus, to each lung.

  • I think I found a lesion in the right main bronchus.

Synonyms

airway
vsbronchus
  • Specialized
65 2.9

A passage in the body that carries air to and from the lungs

is narrower, referring only to the two tracheal branches
bronchial tube
vsbronchus
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A tube that carries air from the windpipe into the lungs

is the medical term for the same two main tracheal branches

How Big

trachea
  • Specialized
14 4.6
bronchus
  • Specialized
2 6.2
bronchiole
  • Specialized
8.0

Surface Forms

bronchus singular
bronchi plural

Etymology

The word bronchus comes from the old Greek word bronchos meaning 'windpipe' or 'throat', so it names the tube that carries air into the lungs. A helpful way to remember it is to think of it as a 'branch' of the trachea that leads into each lung.