Brōn'chi-al or Brōn'chie, a.

(82), a. [Fr. bronchial, N. Lat. bronchialis. See supra.] (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchiae, or ramifications of the windpipe in the lungs.

Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications.—Bronchial cells, the air-cells terminating the bronchia.—Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. Dunglison.—Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.