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<anatomy, respiratory medicine> Any of the larger air passages of the lungs, having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells.
Origin: L., Gr. Bronchos = windpipe
(11 Mar 2008)
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