"bronchus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɹɑŋkəs/ [General-American] Forms: bronchi [plural]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkəs, (General American) -ɑŋkəs Etymology: Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea; throat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|bronchus}} Late Latin bronchus, {{der|en|grc|βρόγχος||trachea; throat}} Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea; throat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|bronchi}} bronchus (plural bronchi)
  1. Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs. Wikipedia link: bronchus Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: bronchial tube Derived forms: bronchial, bronchial tree, bronchiole, bronchitis, bronchoid, broncho-, dorsobronchus Related terms: bronchium Translations (Either or two branches of the trachea): القَصَبَة الهَوَائِيَّة (alt: al-qaṣaba(t) al-hawāʔiyya) (Arabic), bronqui [masculine] (Catalan), 支氣管 (Chinese Mandarin), 支气管 (zhīqìguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), průduška [feminine] (Czech), bronko (Esperanto), keuhkoputki (Finnish), bronche [feminine] (French), Bronchie [feminine] (German), βρόγχος (vrónchos) [masculine] (Greek), શ્વાસનલિકા (śvāsanlikā) (Gujarati), סִמְפוֹן (simfón) [masculine] (Hebrew), סִמְפוֹנוֹת (simfonót) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), hörgő (Hungarian), berkja [feminine] (Icelandic), bronkio (Ido), píobán [masculine] (Irish), píobán broinceach [masculine] (Irish), broncas [masculine] (Irish), bronco [masculine] (Italian), 気管支 (kikanshi) (alt: きかんし) (Japanese), ауатамыр (auatamyr) (Kazakh), pekahau (Maori), liqê borrihewa [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), oskrzele [neuter] (Polish), oskrzela [plural] (Polish), brônquio [masculine] (Portuguese), бронх (bronx) [masculine] (Russian), бронх [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бронхија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bronh [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bronhija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bronquio [masculine] (Spanish), bronk [common-gender] (Swedish), sangambaga (Tagalog), brongkyo (Tagalog), bronş (Turkish), bronatuig (Volapük)

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liqê borrihewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "word": "pekahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oskrzele"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "oskrzela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brônquio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bronx",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бронх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бронх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бронхија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bronh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bronhija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bronquio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bronk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "word": "sangambaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "word": "brongkyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "word": "bronş"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Either or two branches of the trachea",
      "word": "bronatuig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bronchus"
}

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