Trā'che-ā, n.

noun

(trā'ke-ā, Lat. pron. tra-kē/ă) (Synop., §130), n.; pl. TRĀ'CHE-E. [Lat. trachia, N. Lat., It., & Pr. trachea, Fr. trachée, Gr. τραχεῖα (sc. ἀρτηρία), from τραχύς, rough, rugged.]

Sense 1. (Anat.) The windpipe, or canal conveying air to the lungs in vertebrates; the weasand.

Sense 2. Hence, the air-tubes of the body in insects, and similar animals.

Sense 3. (Bot.) A hollow cell, or spiral vessel, in woody tissue.

An anatomical illustration shows the trachea branching into the bronchial divisions and ramifications, with one lung depicted. — Trachea. (1.)