TRACHEA


Meaning of TRACHEA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrā-kē-ə ]

noun

( plural tra·che·ae -kē-ˌē, -kē-ˌī ; also -che·as or -chea )

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin trachia, from Greek tracheia ( artēria ) rough (artery), from feminine of trachys rough

Date: 14th century

1. : the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates

2.

[New Latin, from Medieval Latin]

: vessel 3b ; also : one of its constituent cellular elements

3.

[New Latin]

: one of the air-conveying tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many other arthropods

• tra·che·al -kē-əl adjective

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