Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the trachea or windpipe: as, tracheal rings or cartilages; tracheal vessels; tracheal respiration.
  • In botany, of or pertaining to tracheæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the trachea.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea

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Examples

  • Fetal lung growth after short-term tracheal occlusion is linearly related to intratracheal pressure.

    CHOP congenital diaphragmatic hernia publications 2010

  • The outer layer, or epidermis, appears in green; the blue branches along the top are part of a network of air-carrying tubes called the tracheal system; and the posterior intestine, or hindgut, is seen as two distinct curved green lines.

    Embryo of fruit fly is subject of award-winning photo Post 2010

  • The outer layer, or epidermis, appears in green; the blue branches along the top are part of a network of air-carrying tubes called the tracheal system; and the posterior intestine, or hindgut, is seen as two distinct curved green lines.

    Embryo of fruit fly is subject of award-winning photo Post 2010

  • People were quite frightened, because he was having what was described as a tracheal problem.

    CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2005 2005

  • Other factors include colonies that are too small; lack of food stored in the fall; another parasite called the tracheal mite; and a fungus called nosema that gets into the bee's gut and makes it less able to absorb nutrients.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • Many animals, such as insects, get by without any type of oxygen transport protein in their circulation because they're small enough that they can rely exclusively on the passive diffusion of oxygen through what's called the tracheal system.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • That's because bugs breathe through their skin, using a series of tubes called tracheal tubes.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • In addition to causing aggressive behavior toward owners, neighbors and other animals, chaining can lead to injuries such as tracheal damage.

    Record Article Feed 2010

  • 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 2008

  • Longaker MT, Harrison MR, Adzick NS: Testing the limits of neonatal tracheal resection.

    CHOP pediatric surgery publications 2010

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