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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".
Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Dr. Ernest Klein
(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).