Definition of trachea

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Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

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Trachearia :: Trachearia (n.pl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen..
Tracheary :: Tracheary (n.) One of the Trachearia.
Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..
Pauropoda :: Pauropoda (n. pl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.
Air Vessel :: Air vessel () A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels..
Laryngotracheal :: Laryngotracheal (a.) Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog..
Trachenchyma :: Trachenchyma (n.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.
Tracheate :: Tracheate (n.) Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
Tracheobronchial :: Tracheobronchial (a.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds..
Bronchus :: Bronchus (n.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Laryngotracheotomy :: Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing..
Tracheal :: Tracheal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
The Gapes :: The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm..
Tracheocele :: Tracheocele (n.) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.
Glottis :: Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle..
Tracheae :: Tracheae (pl. ) of Trache.
Tracheata :: Tracheata (n.pl.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct..
Protracheata :: Protracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.
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