bronchial tube

1. 1.

   either of the two main branches of the trachea

   Synonymsbronchus

   Broadercartilaginous tube

   Part oflower respiratory tract

Questions about bronchial tube

What does bronchial tube mean?

bronchial tube means "either of the two main branches of the trachea".

What is another word for bronchial tube?

Close synonyms include bronchus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bronchial tube a common word?

bronchial tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.