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tracheal(dictionary)
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tracheal tube(medicine)

tracheal cartilages (medicine) and premodify (iou)


tracheal cartilages (medicine)


tracheal cartilages


The 16 to 20 incomplete rings of hyaline cartilage forming the skeleton of the trachea; the rings are deficient posteriorly for from one-fifth to one-third of their circumference.

Synonym: cartilagines tracheales, tracheal ring.


premodify (iou)



premodify verb trans. M20.
[from PRE- 1 + MODIFY.]
Linguistics. Modify (a word or phrase) by an immediately preceding word or phrase.
premodifi'cation noun M20.
premodifier noun a word or phrase which modifies one coming after it M20.