tracheal

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The nasal discharge was flowing freely by mid-January and not responding to initial treatment, so Golenz referred Freeway to Pioneer for a tracheal wash and chest radiographs.

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  1. Of or pertaining to the trachea or windpipe: as, tracheal rings or cartilages; tracheal vessels; tracheal respiration.
  2. In botany, of or pertaining to tracheæ.
  3. Tracheal arteries branches of the inferior thyroid ramifyine; upon the trachea.
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  • The nasal discharge was flowing freely by mid-January and not responding to initial treatment, so Golenz referred Freeway to Pioneer for a tracheal wash and chest radiographs. —  TheHorse.com News
  • When veterinarians cultured Freeway's tracheal wash sample, they found out he had —  TheHorse.com News
  • The association held when the researchers controlled for alcohol use, smoking and diabetes in the mothers, and also held when looking individually at each of 11 specific defects, including spina bifida; circulatory, tracheal, gastrointestinal, urogenital and musculoskeletal anomalies; cleft lip; adactyly (missing hands, fingers, toes and the like); clubfoot; and Down syndrome. —  Livescience.com
  • Currently percutaneous tracheostomy is accepted as a safe and reliable bedside procedure; however, the potential for intraoperative complications such as tracheal damage still exists. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • On endoscopic exam and tracheal wash analysis, 67\% of horses had visible tracheal mucus, with horses housed in enclosed stables having the greatest prevalence. —  TheHorse.com News
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  1. from New Latin trachealis, from trachea, windpipe: See trachea.
 

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