LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT

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Meaning:

The bronchi and lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lower respiratory tract" is a kind of...):

airway; respiratory tract (the passages through which air enters and leaves the body)

Meronyms (parts of "lower respiratory tract"):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

bronchial tube; bronchus (either of the two main branches of the trachea)

bronchiole (any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli)