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bronchial

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bron·chi·al  (brngk-l)
adj.
Of or relating to the bronchi, the bronchia, or the bronchioles.
bronchi·al·ly adv.
bronchial
Adjective
of or relating to both of the bronchi or the smaller tubes into which they divide
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Adj.1.bronchial - relating to or associated with the bronchi; "bronchial tubes"; "bronchial pneumonia"
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Welland's bronchial tubes, they always spent the latter part of the winter.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Guppy, "dear me-- something bronchial, I think--hem
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
Thus it happened, that when Phoebe heard a certain noise in Judge Pyncheon's throat, --rather habitual with him, not altogether voluntary, yet indicative of nothing, unless it were a slight bronchial complaint, or, as some people hinted, an apoplectic symptom,--when the girl heard this queer and awkward ingurgitation(which the writer never did hear, and therefore cannot describe), she very foolishly started, and clasped her hands.
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