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