a. [ad. mod.L. bronchiālis, f. bronchia; see prec. and -AL.] Pertaining to the bronchi or bronchia.
1732. Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 332 (J.). Inflammation of the Lungs. Such may happen either in the bronchial or pulmonary Vessels.
1793. T. Beddoes, Lett. Darwin, 69. Too great secretion of bronchial mucus.
1847. Youatt, Horse, xi. 239. The air which has descended through the bronchial tubes.
1879. Miss Braddon, Cloven Foot, III. ii. 14. He would hardly ask me to risk a bronchial attack.
Hence Bronchially adv.
1885. Perthshire Advertiser, 11 March, 2/4. This ancient foe [fog] of the dyspeptic and the bronchially delicate.
