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Definition of Trachea

1. Noun. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.

2. Noun. One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids.

Definition of Trachea

1. n. The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

Definition of Trachea

1. Noun. (anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi; the windpipe. ¹

2. Noun. (botany dated) xylem vessel ¹

3. Noun. (entomology) the respiratory system of insects ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trachea

1. the passage for conveying air to the lungs [n -CHEAE or -CHEAS] : TRACHEAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Trachea

1. The windpipe. A fibrocartilaginous tube lined with mucous membrane passing from the larynx to the bronchi. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trachea

traced traceless tracepoint tracepoints tracer tracer/y tracer bullet traceried traceries tracers

tracery traces traceur traceurs trach trachea (current term) tracheae tracheal tracheal branches tracheal cartilages

tracheal fenestration tracheal fistula tracheal glands tracheal intubation tracheal lymph nodes tracheal mucosa tracheal ring tracheal triangle tracheal tube tracheal tug

Literary usage of Trachea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The isthmus of the thyroid gland usually crosses the second and third rings of the trachea ; along its upper border is frequently to be found a large ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Tfct trachea is of cylindrical form and is both membranous and ... The trachea rests on the gu'Jtt or oesophagus, while in the chest it is situated between ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"Some distance anterior to the origin of the dorsal rectal trachea- there arises, on each side, the right lateral rectal trachea, r/r/,, and the left lateral ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"This is the closing apparatus of the trachea. The closing of this apparatus and the ... THE trachea Each spiracle is the opening of an air-tube or trachea. ..."

5. The Lancet (1843)
"In seven days he died ; the berry was found impacted in the trachea, about an inch below the cricoid cartilage. Mr. B. Phillips had informed him of another ..."

6. Elements of Surgery: For the Use of Students by John Syng Dorsey (1818)
"Of Obstructions in the Glottis and trachea. WHENEVER respiration becomes interrupted in consequence of obstruction in the trachea either from disease, ..."

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