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Bronchus Bronchus Bron"chus, n.; pl. Bronchi. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
windpipe. Cf. Bronchia.] (Anat.)
One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one
of the two primary divisions.
Rhonchus Rhonchus Rhon"chus, n.; pl. Rhonchi. [L., a snoring, a
croaking.] (Med.)
An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on
auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially
obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as
equivalent to r[^a]le in its widest sense. See R[^a]le.
Sonchus oleraceus Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u], D. zog,
zeug, OHG. s[=u], G. sau, Icel. s[=y]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga,
so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the
root seen in Skr. s[=u] to beget, to bear; the animal being
named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. Hyena,
Soil to stain, Son, Swine.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug.
3. (Metal.)
(a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds
in the pig bed.
(b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
(c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a
salamander.
4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers
in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place,
sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig.
Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus,
Porcellio, and allied genera of the family
Oniscid[ae]. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable
substances.
Sow thistle [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant
(Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some
other animals.
