Definitions for trachea

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trachea tra·che·a

Spelling: [trey-kee-uh or, esp. British, truh- Trachea is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in trachea (aacehrt).

Definitions for trachea

noun

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.
3. Botany. vessel (def 5).

Origin of trachea

1350-1400; Middle English trache Medieval Latin trāchēa, for Late Latin trāchīa Greek trācheîa, short for artēría trācheîa rough artery, i.e., windpipe

Examples for trachea

There is difficulty in swallowing, and the food may enter the trachea.

They clasped me tightly around the trachea, stopping my breath.

No one has heard the Bolivarian leader speak a word (due to a surgical tube in his trachea, officials parry).

I have seen considerable hæmorrhage in the trachea from this cause.

Intima: the lining membrane of the trachea: see endotrachea.

The stem of the tree or bush becomes the windpipe (trachea).

A plastic tube lodged in his trachea was the only thing keeping him alive.

tracheation: the arrangement or system of distribution of trachea.

The forefinger must then be used to distinguish the rings of the trachea.

Endotrachea: the inner surface or lining of the trachea: see intima.