Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Inflammation of the trachea.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as trachitis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.

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  • noun Inflammation of the trachea.

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  • noun inflammation of the trachea

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Examples

  • I went through five of these in a row, I also had tracheitis, and severe sinus infections too numerous to count.

    Zannah P. Becker: Walking Away: My Story Zannah P. Becker 2011

  • I went through five of these in a row, I also had tracheitis, and severe sinus infections too numerous to count.

    Zannah P. Becker: Walking Away: My Story Zannah P. Becker 2011

  • In traditional Chinese medicine, tremella extract is also used as a cough syrup for treating chronic tracheitis and other cough-related conditions such as asthma, dry cough, and heat in the lungs.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • They also have elevated prevalence of tracheitis, laryngitis, and middle ear infection.

    Stop Smoking 2009

  • John Paul had been taken to the hospital because of "acute laryngeal tracheitis" — an inflammation of the larynx that made it hard for him to breathe or speak.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • John Paul had been taken to the hospital because of "acute laryngeal tracheitis" — an inflammation of the larynx that made it hard for him to breathe or speak.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • The pope was admitted to the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital at 10:50 p.m., another spokesman said, with what a Vatican statement said included tracheitis, an inflammation of the windpipe, and spasms of the larynx, or voice box.

    Sometimes you can overdo religion... Mumon 2005

  • Feline virus rhino tracheitis had a fairly low mortality rate, but bad cases can die and these cats were very bad indeed.

    Every living thing Herriot, James 1992

  • Tracheotomy originally done for influenzal tracheitis.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

  • _Atrophic tracheitis_, with symptoms quite similar to atrophic rhinitis is a not unusual accompaniment of the nasal condition.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

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