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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기관지

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giganji

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bronchus/ˈbrɒŋ.kəs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"기관지는 폐로 air를 전달합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

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

    "An inflammation of the main bronchus can lead to persistent coughing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin bronchus, stemming from the Ancient Greek bronkhos meaning 'windpipe' or 'throat'. The term entered medical and anatomical English in the 17th century to specifically designate the main passageways into the lungs.

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