BRONCHIAL TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchial tube mean? 

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

1. either of the two main branches of the trachea

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHIAL TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the two main branches of the trachea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bronchial tube; bronchus

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

cartilaginous tube (a duct with cartilaginous walls)

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

lower respiratory tract (the bronchi and lungs)

 Context examples 

A lung carcinoma arising within the bronchi or bronchial tubes.

(Lung Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, the airways that carry air to your lungs.

(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the bronchial tube.

(Bronchial Stricture, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Acute inflammation of the walls of the smaller bronchial tubes, with varying amounts of pulmonary consolidation due to spread of the inflammation into peribronchiolar alveoli and the alveolar ducts.

(Bronchopneumonia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Narrowing of a bronchial tube.

(Bronchial Stricture, NCI Thesaurus)