broncho-, bronch-, bronchi-, bronchio-
(Greek: windpipe or one of the two large branches of the trachea, the tube in air-breathing vertebrates that conducts air from the throat to the bronchi, strengthened by incomplete rings of cartilage)
bronchostaxis
Hemorrhage from the bronchi; bronchorrhagia.
bronchostomy
bronchotomy
bronchotracheal (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to the bronchi and the trachea; tracheobronchial: Dr. Williams informed Jenny that she had a tumor in the bronchotracheal region and would have to be surgically removed.
bronchus (s), bronchi (pl)
One of the two large branches of the trachea or both of them.
The trachea proper terminates at the level of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
laryngotracheobronchitis
Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi; the acute form is the most common cause of croup [an acute viral disease of childhood, marked by a resonant barking cough, suffocative and difficult breathing, and laryngeal spasm].
laryngotracheobronchoscopy
Endoscopic examination of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
nasobronchial
peribronchial
Adjacent to or surrounding a bronchus.
peribronchiolar
Adjacent to or surrounding a bronchiole.
peribronchiolitis
Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bronchioles.
peribronchitis
Inflammaton of the tissues surrounding the bronchi.
pleurobronchitis
thoracobronchotomy
tracheobronchial
Pertaining to the trachea and bronchi, denoting especially a set of lymph nodes.
