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Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle..

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..

Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..

Artery :: Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.

Prototracheata :: Prototracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.

Taenidium :: Taenidium (n.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.

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..

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

Glottis :: Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Tracheitis :: Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe..

Pauropoda :: Pauropoda (n. pl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.

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..

Tracheae :: Tracheae (pl. ) of Trache.

Protracheata :: Protracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.

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..

Tracheal :: Tracheal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

Tracheobranchia :: Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

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..

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