BRONCHIAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchial artery mean? 

• BRONCHIAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun BRONCHIAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. arteries that accompany the bronchioles

  Familiarity information: BRONCHIAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHIAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arteries that accompany the bronchioles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("bronchial artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("bronchial artery" is a part of...):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

 Context examples 

The right side bronchial arteries arise from the first aortic intercostal while the left side arises from thoracic aorta.

(Bronchial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)