bronchus
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly…Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
» Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi.
Бронхит - это воспаление бронхов. — marafon
Miktsoanit · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesEither of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
Bronchie
бронхbronx
either of the two main branches of the trachea
Examples
2 sentencesBronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi.
ruБронхит - это воспаление бронхов. — marafon
I can't cough up the phlegm because it's too deep in my bronchi.
ruЯ не могу откашлять мокроту, потому что она слишком глубоко в моих бронхах. — Ooneykcall
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “tracheaLearned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”).
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Forms
plural: bronchiSynonyms
1 synonyms- either of the two main branches of the trachea:bronchial tube
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.