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TRACHEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

trachea (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

Derivation:

trachea (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

trachea (one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids)

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 Context examples: 

This agent has a direct relaxing effect on smooth muscle and therefore prevents spasms in the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, inhibits gastrointestinal propulsive motility, decreases gastric acid secretion and controls excessive pharyngeal, tracheal and bronchial secretion.

(Dicyclomine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor protein, is involved in several processes that activate a PI-calcium second messenger system via G-protein association, such as tracheal smooth muscle contraction, bronchoconstriction, and control of aldosterone production.

(HTR2A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)