Part 1417

<hw>Bron*chi"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bronchus</ets> + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.</def>

<h1>Broncho</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron"cho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>bronco</ets> rough, wild.]</ety> <def>A native or a Mexican horse of small size.</def> <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bronchocele</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron"cho*cele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ windpipe + <?/ tumor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Goiter</er>.</def>

<h1>Bronchophony</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron*choph"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ windpipe + <?/ sound.]</ety> <def>A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.</def>

<h1>Broncho-pneumonia</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bronchus</ets> + <ets>pneumonia</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.</def>

<h1>Bronchotome</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron"cho*tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ windpipe + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.</def>

<h1>Bronchotomy</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron*chot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of <i>tracheotomy</i> and <i>laryngotomy</i>.</def>

<h1>Bronchus</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron"chus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bronchi</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ windpipe. Cf. <er>Bronchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.</def>

<h1>Bronco</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Broncho</er>.</def>

<h1>Brond</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Brand</er>.]</ety> <def>A sword.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Brontolite, Brontolith</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw><hw>Bron"to*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bron"to*lith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-lite</ets>, <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <def>An a\'89rolite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Brontology</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thunder + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise upon thunder.</def>

<h1>Brontosaurus</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron`to*sau"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.</def>

<h1>Brontotherium</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bron`to*the"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ beast.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Brontozoum</h1> <Xpage=184>