n. The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, especially the subdivision of the bronchi.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The bronchial tubes. See bronchial.
Word Usage
"He analyzed the noise on telephone lines, the branching of bronchia in the lungs, the shape of coastlines and clouds, the distribution of word frequencies in literature and of stars and galaxies in the universe."