entobronchium

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English

Etymology

From ento- +‎ bronchium.

Noun

entobronchium (plural entobronchia)

  1. (dated) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
    • 1907, Robert Wiedersheim, Comparative anatomy of vertebrates, page 384:
      The first entobronchium radiates out anteriorly to the hilum of the lung, and one of its branches opens into the cervical sac.

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