trachea
noun/trəˈkiːə/
/ˈtreɪkiə/
(plural tracheas, tracheae
(anatomy)/trəˈkiːiː/
/ˈtreɪkiiː/
)- the tube in the body that carries air from the throat to the lungs synonym windpipeTopics Bodyc2Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin, from late Latin trachia, from Greek trakheia (artēria) ‘rough (artery)’, from trakhus ‘rough’.
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