trachea
pronunciation
How to pronounce trachea in British English:
UK [trəˈki:ə]
How to pronounce trachea in American English:
US [ˈtreɪkiə]
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- Noun:
- membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
- one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids
Word Origin
- trachea (n.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin trachea (13c.), as in trachea arteria, from Late Latin trachia, from Greek trakheia, in trakheia arteria "windpipe," literally "rough artery" (so called from the rings of cartilage that form the trachea), from fem. of trakhys "rough," from PIE *dhre-gh-, suffixed form of root *dher- (1). See artery for connection with windpipe in Greek science. Related: Tracheal.
Example
- 1. They will come around after a few have been found with crushed trachea .
- 2. If acid gets into your trachea , it causes asthma like symptoms and hoarseness .
- 3. Macchiarini plans several more synthetic trachea implants , two of them involving u. s.patients .
- 4. This is not the first time a lab-engineered trachea has been used for transplantation .
- 5. They have a special network of tubes called trachea that provide oxygen : think of it having air vessels go from your lungs all throughout your body instead of blood vessels .