tracheo-, trache- (Greek: windpipe; originally, "rough" artery).Aristotle, like other ancients, believed that the arteries contained air. As a result, he distinguished between the artery par excellence, which he called "the smooth artery" and the windpipe, which he named "the rough artery". (New York: Elsevier Publishing Company; 1967), p. 1635. laryngotracheal:
Pertaining to the larynx and the trachea.
laryngotracheal:
Pertaining to the larynx and the trachea.
laryngotracheitis:
Inflammation of the larynx and trachea.
laryngotracheobronchitis:
Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi; the acute form is the most common cause of croup [an acute viral disease of childhood, marked by a resonant barking cough, suffocative and difficult breathing, and laryngeal spasm].
laryngotracheobronchoscopy:
Endoscopic examination of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
laryngotracheoscopy:
Peroral laryngoscopy and tracheoscopy.
laryngotracheotomy:
Incision of the larynx and trachea.
trachea (singular), tracheae (plural):
The cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi.
tracheaectasy:
Dilatation of the trachea.
tracheal:
Pertaining to the trachea.
trachealgia:
Pain in the trachea.
tracheitis:
Inflammation of the trachea.
tracheoaerocele:
A tracheal hernia containing air.
tracheobronchial:
Pertaining to the trachea and bronchi, denoting especially a set of lymph nodes.
tracheobronchitis:
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and bronchi.
tracheobronchomegaly:
A rare and probably congenital condition characterized by great enlargement of the lumen [the space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube] of the trachea and the larger bronchi.
tracheobronchoscopy:
Inspection of the interior of the trachea and bronchi.
tracheocele:
Hernial protrusion of the tracheal mucous membrane through a defect in the wall of the trachea. Synonym: trachelocele.
tracheosophageal:
Relating to the trachea and the esophagus.
tracheogenic:
Originating in the trachea.
tracheolaryngeal:
Pertaining to the trachea and the larynx.
tracheole:
One of the minute, fluid-filled tubules in which the tracheae of a terrestrial arthropod terminate, which contain air cells and permeate all the body tissues.
tracheomalacia:
1. Softening of the tracheal cartilages.
2. Degeneration of elastic and connective tissue of the trachea. tracheomegaly:
An abnormally dilated trachea which may, like bronchiectasis, result from infection or prolonged positive pressure ventilation.
tracheopathia, tracheopathy:
Any disease of the trachea.
tracheopharyngeal:
Pertaining to the trachea and pharynx; denoting an occasional band of muscular fibers passing from the inferior constrictor of the pharynx to the trachea.
Tracheophilus cymbius:
A trematode parasitic in the trachea of ducks in Europe and Asia.
tracheophonesis:
Auscultation of the heart at the sternal notch.
tracheophony:
A sound heard in auscultation over the trachea. "Auscultation" is the proces of listening for sounds within the body, usually sounds of thoracic or abdominal viscera.
tracheophyte:
A vascular plant containing both phloem and xylem.
tracheoplasty:
Plastic repair of the trachea.
tracheopyosis:
Purulent tracheitis or inflammation of the trechea with pus.
tracheorrhagia:
Hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the trachea.
tracheorrhaphy:
Repair of an incised or wounded trachea.
tracheoschisis:
Fissure of or into the trachea.
tracheoscope:
An instrument used in tracheoscopy.
tracheoscopic:
Pertaining to or of the character of tracheoscopy.
tracheoscopy:
The inspection of the interior of the trachea.
tracheostenosis:
Contraction or narrowing of the lumen of the trachea.
tracheostoma:
An opening into the trachea through the neck; generally applied to such an opening after or laryngectomy.
tracheostomize:
To perform tracheostomy upon.
tracheostomy:
The surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck, with the tracheal mucosa being brought into continuity with the skin; also, the opening so created. The term is also used to refer to the creation of an opening in the anterior trachea for insertion of a tube to relieve upper airway obstruction and to facilitate ventilation (breathing).
tracheotome:
An instrument for use in incising the trachea or the knife usd in tracheotomy.
tracheotomize:
To perform tracheotomy upon.
tracheotomy:
Incision of the trachea or cutting an opening into the trachea, usually intended to be temporary Also, tracheostomy.
trachitis:
Another form of tracheitis (inflammation of the trachea).
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