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trachea

[tray-kee-uh, truh-kee-uh] / ˈtreɪ ki ə, trəˈki ə /


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The trouble with this was that the abductor muscles are the ones that open the trachea, allowing airflow to the lungs.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Chemotherapy and radiation left him with a tube in his trachea and difficulty breathing - something that was written into his final role, reprising his "Iceman" character in the 2022 Top Gun sequel.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

"You can protect the blood vessels in your neck. It also helps shield your trachea in front," he added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

It found evidence of “severe bilateral acute pulmonary edema” and “frothy pulmonary edema in trachea and mainstem bronchi.”

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

Less than two weeks before departing for Nepal he had undergone minor throat surgery, leaving his trachea in an extremely sensitive condition.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Paolo Macchiarini, the surgeon famed and then disgraced for implanting artificial tracheae seeded with stem cells into patients, took the stand in his trial for assault in Solna, Sweden, last week.

From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2022

I started going to twee pet shops for cow tracheae, bull penises and limited-ingredient-grain-free-single-source kibble.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018

Aquatic chelicerates utilize gill respiration, whereas terrestrial species use either tracheae or book lungs for gaseous exchange.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

Canine Health Foundation, as well as to their collaboration with the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals to measure the diameters of tracheae in bulldogs in order to combat bracycephalic airway syndrome.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2011

A great point of interest therefore exists in the knowledge of the structure and embryology of tracheae in the different groups.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Earlier studies from other research groups suggested that flu-related glycan receptors were present in the noses, tracheas, and lungs of cattle.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

His work using plastic tracheas with stem cells held out the prospect of patients no longer waiting for donors.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2022

He says prosecutors should have pressed for manslaughter charges because Macchiarini had no evidence that the tracheas he implanted would develop into normally functioning organs.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2022

We need our tracheas to stay open while we recline, lest we suffer apneas and struggle to breath during slumber.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2022

There was another reason to be daunted too: historical assumptions that tracheas weren’t transplantable.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2021




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