plural bronchi
ˈbräŋ-ˌkī 
-ˌkē
: either of the two primary divisions of the trachea that lead respectively into the right and the left lung
broadly
: bronchial tube
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Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer, alongside costs from colon and rectum cancer ($2.8 trillion), breast cancer ($2 trillion), liver cancer ($1.7 trillion) and leukemia ($1.6 trillion), accounts for half of the global economic costs of cancer, the researchers said.
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Robert Hart, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
For lung and bronchus cancer, the five-year survival rate was 19.4% with a 5.2% survival rate in cases where the cancer spread to distant parts of the body.
—Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
Lung cancer incidence, staging, surgical treatment, and lack of treatment data was measured between the years 2012-2016 and includes malignant lung and bronchus tumors, according to the report’s methodology section.
—Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 13 Nov. 2019
First, the donor’s lungs are removed, a process that involves stapling shut the major vein and artery that take blood to and from the lungs, as well as closing off the bronchus, the main passage through which air passes.
—Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
These symptoms happen due to swelling that occurs around the larynx (the vocal cords), trachea (windpipe), and bronchi (bronchial tubes).
—Korin Miller, SELF, 16 Oct. 2018
For instance, the American Cancer Society epidemiologists determined that 59% of lung and bronchus cancers could be averted nationwide if everyone got the same care as people who went to college.
—Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
Your tree, bronchi infested with crows multiplying so dense
no wind or light
could pass through.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 13 June 2018
These included cancers of the prostate (which declined by an average of 7.6% per year), lung and bronchus (2.4%), larynx (2.3%), colon and rectum (1.9%), esophagus (1.6%), bladder (0.8%) and brain and nervous system (0.2%).
—Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
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Robert Hart, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
For lung and bronchus cancer, the five-year survival rate was 19.4% with a 5.2% survival rate in cases where the cancer spread to distant parts of the body.
—Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
Lung cancer incidence, staging, surgical treatment, and lack of treatment data was measured between the years 2012-2016 and includes malignant lung and bronchus tumors, according to the report’s methodology section.
—Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 13 Nov. 2019
First, the donor’s lungs are removed, a process that involves stapling shut the major vein and artery that take blood to and from the lungs, as well as closing off the bronchus, the main passage through which air passes.
—Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
These symptoms happen due to swelling that occurs around the larynx (the vocal cords), trachea (windpipe), and bronchi (bronchial tubes).
—Korin Miller, SELF, 16 Oct. 2018
For instance, the American Cancer Society epidemiologists determined that 59% of lung and bronchus cancers could be averted nationwide if everyone got the same care as people who went to college.
—Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
Your tree, bronchi infested with crows multiplying so dense
no wind or light
could pass through.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 13 June 2018
These included cancers of the prostate (which declined by an average of 7.6% per year), lung and bronchus (2.4%), larynx (2.3%), colon and rectum (1.9%), esophagus (1.6%), bladder (0.8%) and brain and nervous system (0.2%).
—Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
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“Bronchus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronchus. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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bronchus
noun
bron·chus
ˈbräŋ-kəs
plural bronchi
ˈbräŋ-ˌkī, -ˌkē
: either of the two primary divisions of the trachea that lead respectively into the right and the left lung
broadly
: bronchial tube
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