| tracheocele | <medicine> Goiter. A tumour containing air and communicating with the trachea. Origin: Gr. The windpipe + a tumour: cf.F. Tracheocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tracheoesophageal | Relating to the trachea and the oesophagus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheoesophageal fistula | A congenital anomaly where the upper oesophagus ends (atresia) and does not connect with the stomach and the lower oesophagus connects to the trachea (tracheoesophageal fistula). A common complication seen shortly after birth is an aspiration pneumonia. Infants will demonstrate excessive salivation, gagging and coughing with feeding, poor feeding and a bluish discolouration to the skin (cyanosis). Treatment involves the surgical repair of the oesophagus before the child can take anything by mouth. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tracheoesophageal puncture | A small opening made by a surgeon between the oesophagus and the trachea. A valve keeps food out of the trachea but lets air into the oesophagus for oesophageal speech. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tracheoesophageal speech | A form of alaryngeal speech obtained by a surgical technique which creates a shunt between trachea and oesophagus, allowing pulmonary air to generate upper oesophageal and pharyngeal mucosal vibrations as a substitute for vocal cord vibrations when the larynx is surgically removed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheolaryngeal | Relating to the trachea and the larynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheomalacia | Degeneration of elastic and connective tissue of the trachea. Origin: tracheo-+ G. Malakia, softness (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheomegaly | An abnormally dilated trachea which may, like bronchiectasis, result from infection or prolonged positive pressure ventilation. Origin: tracheo-+ G. Megas (megal-), large (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheopathia osteoplastica | <otolaryngology> A rare disease characterised by cartilaginous and bony growths in the trachea and bronchi which produce sessile polyps and plaques projecting into and partly obstructing the lumina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheopathy | Any disease of the trachea. Origin: tracheo-+ G. Pathos, disease (14 Mar 2000) |
| tracheopharyngeal | Relating to both trachea and pharynx; denoting an occasional band of muscular fibres passing from the inferior constrictor of the pharynx to the trachea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheophonae | <ornithology, zoology> A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea. Origin: NL, from trachea + Gr. Fonei^n to sound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tracheophonesis | Auscultation of the heart sounds at the sternal notch. Origin: tracheo-+ G. Phonesis, a sounding (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheophony | The hollow voice sound heard in auscultating over the trachea. See: bronchophony. Origin: tracheo-+ G. Phone, voice (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheophyta | <botany> A division of plants comprising green plants with a vascular system which contain tracheids or tracheary elements, being the Pteridophyta (ferns) and Spermatophyta (angiosperms and gymnosperms), commonly called vascular plants. (09 Oct 1997) |