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trachea

[ trey-kee-uhor, especially British, truh-kee-uh ]

noun

plural tracheae tracheas.
  1. Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
  2. (in insects and other arthropods) one of the air-conveying tubes of the respiratory system.


trachea

/ ³Ù°ùəˈ°ì¾±ËÉ™ /

noun

  1. anatomy zoology the membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi Nontechnical namewindpipe
  2. any of the tubes in insects and related animals that convey air from the spiracles to the tissues
  3. botany another name for vessel tracheid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

trachea

/ ³Ù°ùÄå′°ìŧ-É™ /

, Plural tracheae ³Ù°ùÄå′°ìŧ-ŧ′

  1. The tube in vertebrate animals that leads from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and carries air to the lungs. In mammals the trachea is strengthened by rings of cartilage.
  2. Also called windpipe
  3. Any of the tiny tubes originating from the spiracles of many terrestrial arthropods and forming a branching network that brings air directly to body cells.

trachea

  1. The tube connecting the mouth to the bronchial tubes that carries air to the lungs ; the windpipe.
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  • ³Ù°ù²¹Ëˆ³¦³ó±ð²¹±ô, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trachea1

1350–1400; Middle English trache < Medieval Latin ³Ù°ùÄåchÄ“a, for Late Latin ³Ù°ùÄåchÄ«a < Greek ³Ù°ùÄåcheîa, short for artÄ“ría ³Ù°ùÄåcheîa rough artery, i.e., windpipe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trachea1

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Greek trakheia , shortened from ( ²¹°ù³Ùŧ°ù¾±²¹ ) trakheia rough (artery), from trakhus rough
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It found evidence of “severe bilateral acute pulmonary edema†and “frothy pulmonary edema in trachea and mainstem bronchi.â€

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Reese underwent emergency surgery, but the damage continued even after the battery had been removed, burning a hole through her esophagus and trachea, her mother said.

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The researchers discovered high levels of virus in the animals' nasal passages, trachea and lungs and moderate-to-low virus levels in other organs, consistent with H5N1 infections found in other mammals.

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They are called noninvasive because they don’t require trachea surgery to open the airway, like ones used in hospitals.

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The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.

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