Etymology

bronchial

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Today it means: Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles. Full definition →

Latin bronchiālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed frombronchiālis
  2. English todaybronchial

Borrowed from Latin bronchiālis. By surface analysis, bronchium + -al.

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