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n. - Inflammation of the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates.

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  • They also have elevated prevalence of tracheitis, laryngitis, and middle ear infection.
  • I went through five of these in a row, I also had tracheitis, and severe sinus infections too numerous to count.
  • Feline virus rhino tracheitis had a fairly low mortality rate, but bad cases can die and these cats were very bad indeed.
  • 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.
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