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Definition of bronchus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bronchus

noun
 
/ˈbrɒŋkəs/
 
/ˈbrɑːŋkəs/
(plural bronchi
 
/ˈbrɒŋkaɪ/
 
/ˈbrɑːŋkaɪ/
)
(anatomy)
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  1. any one of the system of tubes which make up the main branches of the windpipe through which air passes in and out of the lungs
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from late Latin, from Greek bronkhos ‘windpipe’.
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