windpipe
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She uses a feeding tube, has had her tongue and voice box removed, and had her windpipe reconstructed using chest tissue.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
In addition to farm work, she provides for her son day and night, including cooking and cleaning the ventilation tube in his windpipe.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
It entails wrapping both arms around a choking victim from behind, making a fist just over the victim’s navel and thrusting upward sharply five times to eject an object that is obstructing the windpipe.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Tip stuck her finger into the high, frilly collar of her blouse and pulled it away from her windpipe.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
Birds and reptiles have very different ways of producing sounds using the organs that surround their windpipes and lungs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Between 2011 and 2014, Macchiarini implanted artificial windpipes in at least eight patients in Sweden, the United States, and Russia.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2022
Over the years, various methods have been used to repair or reconstruct damaged windpipes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
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
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