Word Meanings - BRONCHUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.

TRACHEA
The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
TRACHEARY
Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheæ. -- n.
TRACHEATE
Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
WINDPIPE
The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.
TRACHEARIA
A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
TRACHEATA
An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheæ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiæ.
PRIMARY
Earliest formed; fundamental. (more info) 1. First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. The church of Christ, in its primary institution. Bp. Pearson. These I call original, or primary, qualities of
TRACHEAL
Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
LARYNGOTRACHEAL
Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.
DIRECT PRIMARY
A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made.
PERITRACHEAL
Surrounding the tracheæ.
PROTOTRACHEATA
See MALACOPODA
PROTRACHEATA
See MALACOPODA