trachea
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The lower respiratory tract consists of the Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, and the Lungs.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Stem-Cell Trachea Transplant Spanish doctors give a woman a windpipe made from a donor trachea and her own stem cells.
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Trachea, tra-kē′a, n. that part of the air-passages which lies between the larynx and the bronchi:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Trachea perforating the Aorta.—This odd distribution of parts, was observed by M. Zagorsky, at St. Petersburg, in 1802.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Compression Stenosis of the Trachea and Bronchi.—Compression of the trachea is most commonly caused by goiter, substernal or cervical, aneurysm, malignancy, or, in children, by enlarged thymus.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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