bronchial

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: bron=chi=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

bronchial, a. [Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.].

 Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.  [1913 Webster]

Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. -- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. -- Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. -- Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bronchial, adj. of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles.

Idiom

bronchial tree the branching system of bronchi and bronchioles conducting air from the windpipe to the lungs.