| tracheostomy |
Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.
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| trachea |
the tube running from the larynx (the voice box) down the neck and into the upper part of the chest, where it divides to form the two bronchi of the lungs; commonly called the windpipe
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| tracheotomy |
insertion of a tube through a surgical opening in the trachea to maintain an open airway
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| trachea |
The main trunk of the hollow tube through which air passes on its way to and from the lungs.
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| trachea |
[TRAK-ee-ah] a tube of the respiratory system, ending externally at the spiracle and terminating internally at the tracheoles.
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