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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기관지

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giganji

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bronchial tube
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"기관지가 약한 사람들은 감기에 걸리기 쉽습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of the major air passages of the lungs that diverge from the windpipe.

    "Inflammation of the bronchial tubes can cause severe coughing and difficulty breathing."
  2. 2

    A bronchus or its larger subdivisions within the respiratory tree.

    "The doctor listened to the patient's bronchial tubes for signs of wheezing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek 'bronkhos' meaning windpipe, combined with the Latin 'tubus' meaning pipe or tube. The term entered anatomical English in the late 17th century to describe the branching airways of the respiratory system.

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