Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounding the trachea of an insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Surrounding the tracheæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Surrounding the
tracheae .
Etymologies
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peri- + tracheal
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Examples
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The trachea is often secondarily invaded by malignancy of the esophagus, thyroid gland, peritracheal or peribronchial glands.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Impaired movement of the carina indicates peritracheal and peribronchial pathology, the fixation being greatest in advanced cancer.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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