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noun

Trachea n. (pl. tracheae)

(Anat.) The windpipe.

(Zool.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

(Bot.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trachea" Quotes from Famous Books

... The disease is infectious but not very contagious under the proper precautions. It is a disease of childhood, though adults sometimes contract it. Many of the best physicians of the day consider true or membranous croup to be due to this diphtheritic membranous disease thus located in the larynx or trachea. ...

— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

Words linked to "Trachea" : upper respiratory tract, cartilaginous tube, tubule, epiglottis, windpipe, systema respiratorium