Med. Also 7 -chele. [ad. Gr. βρογχοκήλη ‘tumour in the throat,’ f. βρόγχος BRONCHUS + κήλη tumor; cf. F. bronchocèle.] A swelling of the thyroid gland; goitre.
1657. Phys. Dict., Bronchochele, the rupture of the throat, a great round swelling in the throat.
1732. Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 390. A Dropsy in the forepart of the Windpipe emulating a Bronchocele.
1771. T. Prosser (title), An Account and Method of cure of Bronchocele or Derby Neck.
1783. Phil. Trans., LXXIII. 92. The Bronchocele … has been seen to increase to such an enormous bulk as to hang down over the breast and belly.
1878. T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 195. Such outlying masses of thyroid gland are not rare near bronchoceles.
