windpipe

With the pressure inside my throat from the tube and the pressure outside the windpipe from my thyroid, maybe there was some damage to the nerves.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

“They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024

The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Threads of nausea reach up around Werner’s windpipe.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

If their windpipes are practically crushed inside their necks and their soft palates are elongated, frequently that is simply the way they are bred.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

Colleagues accused him of manipulating his results, even warning of the harm caused by these so-called regenerative windpipes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

Over the years, various methods have been used to repair or reconstruct damaged windpipes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021

Although Macchiarini touted the success of his artificial windpipes in medical papers, all but one of the patients who received them have died.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2018

Even that most doleful of Christian laments—“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”—sounded snappy and upbeat through these women’s windpipes as they sauntered along: “Nani oze mpasi zazo! Nani oze mpasi!”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver