[brong-kee-uh] 
) | the ramifications or branches of the bronchi. |
| bron·chi·a (brŏng'kē-ə) n. Plural of bronchium. |
| bron·chi·um (brŏng'kē-əm) n. pl. bron·chi·a (-kē-ə) A bronchial tube that is smaller than a bronchus and larger than a bronchiole. [New Latin, sing. of Late Latin bronchia, bronchial tubes, from Greek bronkhia, from bronkhos, windpipe.] |