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windpipe

[wind-pahyp] / ˈwɪndˌpaɪp /


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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

The stress starts even before the first cut, with intubation - the insertion of a breathing tube into the windpipe.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

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

The pressure on my windpipe eased and I felt a delicious fullness in my lungs.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

He provided artificial windpipes to 20 patients from countries that included Spain, Russian, Iceland, Britain and the United States.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2022

A year later, he began to implant synthetic windpipes seeded with stem cells isolated from the patients’ own bone marrow, claiming the cells would grow and integrate with the patients’ tissue.

From Science Magazine Jun. 16, 2022

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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