Associations to the word «Trachea»

Wiktionary

TRACHEA, noun. (anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi; the windpipe.
TRACHEA, noun. Patlat standards
TRACHEA, noun. (botany) (dated) xylem vessel
TRACHEA, noun. (entomology) the respiratory system of insects

Dictionary definition

TRACHEA, noun. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
TRACHEA, noun. One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope