bronchi

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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

Each bronchus divides into secondary bronchi, then into tertiary bronchi, which in turn divide, creating smaller and smaller diameter bronchioles as they split and spread through the lung.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The principle is exactly the same as that by which patients suffering from bronchiectasis avail themselves of the help of gravity and get rid of the nocturnal accumulation of material in their dilated bronchi.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)