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windpipe

[wind-pahyp] / ˈwɪndˌpaɪp /


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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

“They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2024

Scans revealed he had suffered a 2mm tear in his windpipe.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2023

Sigemund had locked the two heads together, so that the fire was beaten back down the Dragon's windpipe by the blast of air from its other mouth.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

If their windpipes are practically crushed inside their necks and their soft palates are elongated, frequently that is simply the way they are bred.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2023

He provided artificial windpipes to 20 patients from countries that included Spain, Russian, Iceland, Britain and the United States.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2022

Colleagues accused him of manipulating his results, even warning of the harm caused by these so-called regenerative windpipes.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2022

He became famous by creating replacement tracheas, or windpipes, in the lab, initially from donor tracheas and later from plastic versions.

From Science Magazine Feb. 14, 2018

Even that most doleful of Christian laments—“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”—sounded snappy and upbeat through these women’s windpipes as they sauntered along: “Nani oze mpasi zazo! Nani oze mpasi!”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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