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bronchi

[brong-kee, -kahy] / ˈbrɒŋ ki, -kaɪ /
NOUN
lung
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However, it rarely affects the bronchi and alveoli in the lungs.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

In severe asthma, the bronchi become chronically inflamed and constricted.

From Scientific American May 4, 2023

R.S.V. predominantly affects the small airways, called bronchioles, that branch off from bronchi in the lungs.

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2022

Figure 30.9 The trachea bifurcates into the right and left bronchi in the lungs.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Foreign Bodies in the Bronchi.—Rounded objects, which pass through the larynx, usually drop into one or other of the bronchi, usually the right, which is the more vertical and slightly the larger.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles




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