| tracheoesophageal f. |
one between the trachea and the esophagus; it may be either pathological (the result of trauma or a congenital anomaly) or surgically created (see tracheoesophageal puncture).
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| tracheoesophageal p. |
a one-way plastic valve placed in a surgically created tracheoesophageal fistula to restore speech after laryngectomy. Called also Blom-Singer p.
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| tracheoesophageal s. |
the septum that, during the fourth week of embryonic development, separates the trachea from the ventral surface of the foregut (the primordial esophagus).
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