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Definition: Trachea |
TracheaNoun1. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. 2. One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trachea" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Etymology: Trachea \Tra"che*a\, noun; plural Trache[ae]. [New Latin,from Latin trachia, Greek trachei^a (scilicet windpipe), from rough, rugged: compare to French trach['e]e.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | An axial series of cells that have coalesced to form an articulated tube-like structure of indeterminate length. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi. (references) |
Medicine | A rigid tube, 10 cm long, extending from the cricoid cartilage to the upper border of the fifth thoracic vertebra. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The trachea, or windpipe, is a tube extending from the larynx to the bronchi in mammals, and from the pharynx to the syrinx in birds, carrying air to the lungs. It is lined with ciliated cells which push particles out and reinforced with cartilage rings.
In ill or injured persons, the natural airway formed by the trachea may be damaged or closed off. Intubation is the medical procedure of inserting an artificial tube into the trachea to permit breathing. See also choking.
Diseases of the trachea include:
In insects, each segment of the body has a pair of spiracles, each of which has a trachea behind it. These tracheae branch and supply air to the tissues. Insects do not carry oxygen in their blood, as do vertebrates; this limits their size.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trachea."
Synonym: TracheaSynonym: windpipe (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Airpipe | Noun: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea; bronchus, bronchia; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle; ventiduct, ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe. (wind); pipe. (tube); jhilmil; smokestack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Line drawing showing nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, pleura, bronchi, etc. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Seen is a physician using a bronchoscope which is a flexible tube with a light inside and is inserted into the patient's trachea. Doctors can view inside the body through the tube allowing easier access to removal of tumors. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Seen are two physicians using a bronchoscope which is a flexible tube with a light inside and is inserted into the patient's trachea. Doctors can view inside the body through the tube allowing easier access to removal of tumors. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | [Lung tissue and trachea of the frog]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Endotracheal intubation involves insertion of a tube into the trachea. (references) | |
The vocal cords are two elastic bands of muscle tissue located in the larynx (voice box) directly above the trachea (windpipe). (references) | ||
The bronchoscope is a flexible tube with a light at the end that is passed through the nose or mouth into the trachea and bronchi. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Mattie Stepanek | I'm feeling good. But I still have blood coming out of my trachea. And that's going to be a problem. So I'm going to go back into the hospital tomorrow morning. |
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| "Trachea" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.59% of the time. "Trachea" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.59% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.41% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 68 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
trachea | 84 | disorder trachea | 3 |
collapsed trachea | 10 | anatomy trachea | 3 |
cancer trachea | 7 | replacement trachea | 3 |
collapsing trachea | 7 | trachea tube | 3 |
function trachea | 6 | collapsed dog in trachea | 3 |
intrathoracic trachea | 4 | shave trachea | 2 |
picture trachea | 4 | collapsing dog trachea | 2 |
problem trachea | 4 | collapsing dog in trachea | 2 |
malaysia trachea | 3 | deviated trachea | 2 |
disease trachea | 3 | spasms trachea | 2 |
collapsed dog trachea | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "trachea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trake, gabzherr (windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الرغامي قصبة هوائية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трахея (duct, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "管 (Tracheae, tracheal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trachea (windpipe), prùdušnice (throttle, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trachea (windpipe), luftrør (windpipe), kar (tub, vat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onder clearance van de longen verstaat men het elimineren van de ingeademde deeltjes door het trilhaarepitheel van de bronchiën van de luchtpijp (by pulmonary clearance is understood the elimination of particles inhaled by the ciliated epithelium of the bronchi and trachea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نای (Gullet, Lane, Pipe, Throat, Tube, Windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | trakea (vas, vessel), kasvin putkilo (vas, vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trachée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | luftröhre (windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραχεία (windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק " " שימ" (windpipe), 'ר'רת (adam's apple, larynx, throat, windpipe), צ ור " שימ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | trachea, légcsõ (air gauge, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jalan napas (respiratory tract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trachea (windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 気管 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きか" (already published, boiler, engine, facility, feedback, flagship, gauge, hunger and cold, instrument, key, mainstay, mechanism, mirror, nucleus, organ, paragon, pattern, period, quarterly, repatriation, return, returning to one'sship, term, wonderful sight, your letter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | readan (sharp breeze, windpipe; puff), ahjioogh (gullet, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acheatray traquéia (pipe, throat, windpipe), vaso (box, duct, jug, pot, pottery, vase, vessel). (various references) trahee (wind pipe). (various references) трахея (tracheae, windpipe). (various references) traheja (windpipe), dušnik (windpipe). (various references) tráquea (windpipe), vaso (beaker, glass, noggin, tumbler, vase, vessel). (various references) trakea, traké (vas, vessel), luftstrupe (windpipe). (various references) yaprak damarı (costal, keel, nervure, rib), solunum organı, nefes borusu (air tube, pipe, windpipe). (various references) трахея (windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trachea": tracheae, tracheal, tracheary, tracheas, tracheate, tracheated. (additional references) | |
Words containing "trachea": endotracheal. (additional references) | |
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"Trachea" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arzachena, drachen, Eraclea, Gracheva, Hrachya, irachta, Ormachea, Targhee, Teachta, Tkachev, Torecha, Trabhakar, tracea, trache, trachei, tracheia, trachia, trahie, Tralhaut, tranchet, Traschen, trauchle, tretheway, Tricha, Trichet, trochae, trochlea, trochlear. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trachea" (pronounced trā"kēu) |
| 3 | -k ē u | Macchia. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-r-t" | |
-1 letter: carate, chaeta, rachet. | |
-2 letters: aceta, areca, arhat, carat, caret, carte, cater, chare, chart, cheat, chert, crate, earth, hater, heart, ratch, rathe, reach, react, reata, recta, retch, tache, teach, theca, trace. | |
-3 letters: ache, acre, acta, arch, area, care, cart, cate, char, chat, each, eath, etch, haar, haet, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, race, rate. | |
-4 letters: aah. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-r-t" | |
+1 letter: attacher, cathedra, reattach, theriaca, tracheae, tracheal, tracheas. | |
+2 letters: anthraces, attachers, brachiate, catharses, cathedrae, cathedral, cathedras, character, clathrate, exarchate, heartache, octahedra, parachute, theriacal, theriacas, tracheary, tracheate. | |
+3 letters: anthracene, anthracite, aphaeretic, apothecary, archentera, archetypal, architrave, autarchies, blackheart, brachiated, brachiates, camphorate, catarrhine, cathedrals, characters, charactery, charitable, clathrates, exarchates, heartaches, matchmaker, octahedral, packthread, parachuted, parachutes, reattached, reattaches, theatrical, tracheated, tracheolar, watchmaker. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 63 68 65 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -.-. .... . .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101000 01100101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a c h e a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 0063 0068 0065 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54846769747167 |
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