Definition of windpipe

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Windpipe (n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

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Windpipe :: Windpipe (n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.
Roaring :: Roaring (n.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5..
Tracheotomy :: Tracheotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
Thrapple :: Thrapple (n.) Windpipe; throttle.
Tracheitis :: Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe..
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..
Bronchotomy :: Bronchotomy (n.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy..
Throttle :: Throttle (n.) The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle..
Artery :: Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.
Choke :: Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation..
Thropple :: Thropple (n.) The windpipe.
Trachea :: Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Arteriac :: Arteriac (a.) Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
Weasand :: Weasand (n.) The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions..
Ciliated :: Ciliated (a.) Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe..
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Aeriferous :: Aeriferous (a.) Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube..
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