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bronchus

bronc·hus

UK/ˈbɹɒŋkəs/ US/ˈbɹɑŋkəs/ fairly common

noun

1.

either of the two main branches of the trachea

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”).

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