sb. pl. Phys. [L. bronchia, a. Gr. βρόγχια (neut. pl.) the ramifications of the windpipe. Formerly sometimes treated as a sing., with a new pl. bronchiæ.] The branches or subdivisions of the bronchi within the lungs.
1674. Grew, Anat. Trunks, ii. § 11. In an Animal, the Bronchiæ deposite the Aer into the Vesiculæ of the Lungs.
1681. trans. T. Willis’ Rem. Med. Wks., Voc., Bronchia, the gristly parts about the wind-pipe.
1736. Bailey, Houshold Dict., 52. In humerous Asthmas and obstructions of the Bronchia.
1758. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), 100. Excepting a little Pus in some Branches of the Bronchiæ.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 57. The air vessels or bronchiæ in connection with tracheæ.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 224. The smaller tubes, into which the bronchi sub-divide within the lungs, are called bronchia.
