Definition of Bronchogenic

1. Adjective. Originating in the bronchus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bronchogenic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Bronchogenic

1. Originating from the bronchi. Examples include bronchogenic carcinoma (cancer). Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchogenic

bronchoconstrictor agent
bronchodilatation
bronchodilatations
bronchodilation
bronchodilations
bronchodilator
bronchodilator agents
bronchodilators
bronchodilatory
bronchoedema
bronchoesophageal fistula
bronchoesophageal muscle
bronchoesophagology
bronchoesophagoscopy
bronchofibrescope
bronchogenic (current term)
bronchogenic carcinoma
bronchogenic cyst
bronchogram
bronchography
broncholith
broncholithiasis
bronchomalacia
bronchomediastinal trunk
bronchomotor
bronchomycosis
bronchopathy
bronchophony
bronchoplasty
bronchopleural fistula

Literary usage of Bronchogenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Purified lymphocyte populations were isolated from BALF obtained from 18 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma, six patients with lung disorders other than ..."

2. Report of the Henry Phipps Institute by Henry Phipps Institute, University of Pennsylvania (1915)
"Fraenkel and Troje believed their case to be of bronchogenic origin. In our experiments we believe that we have effectively reproduced this exudative type ..."

3. Physical diagnosis by Wallace Dickinson Rose (1922)
"The cases of pulmonary abscess which come before the clinician may be classified as bronchogenic, pneu- mogenic, or extraneous in origin. ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Whether the bacteraemia results directly from a gastro-intestinal infection as in glanders, or secondarily to the bronchogenic pneumonia, ..."

5. A Text-book of Pathology by Alfred Stengel (1906)
"bronchogenic purulent pneumonia has already been referred to in the ... the lungs through the bronchi (bronchogenic), the blood-vessels (hemato- genic), ..."

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