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Definition of bronchial adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bronchial

adjective

NAmE//ˈbrɑŋkiəl//

[usually before noun] (medical)

of or affecting the two main branches of the windpipe (calledbronchial tubes) leading to the lungs bronchial pneumonia bronchial asthma

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