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trachea

noun
🔊/trəˈkiːə/
🔊/ˈtreɪkiə/
(plural tracheas, tracheae
🔊/trəˈkiːiː/
🔊/ˈtreɪkiiː/
)
(anatomy解剖学)
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  1. the tube in the body that carries air from the throat to the lungs 气管
    synonym windpipeTopics Bodyc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin, from late Latin trachia, from Greek trakheia (artēria) ‘rough (artery)’, from trakhus ‘rough’.