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   trachea

   /trəˈkiːə/

   noun

   • 1. a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
   • ▪ each of a number of fine chitinous tubes in the body of an insect, conveying air direct to the tissues.
   • ▪ a duct or vessel in a plant.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin, from late Latin trachia, from Greek trakheia (artēria) ‘rough (artery)’, from trakhus ‘rough’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tracheal adjective
   • 2. tracheate adjective

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