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adj. - Relating to or resembling or functioning like the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs

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  • People were quite frightened, because he was having what was described as a tracheal problem.
  • That's because bugs breathe through their skin, using a series of tubes called tracheal tubes.
  • Fetal lung growth after short-term tracheal occlusion is linearly related to intratracheal pressure.
  • TGF-b2 is increased after fetal tracheal occlusion.
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