extratracheal

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adjective

Outside the trachea.

OriginEnglish tracheal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin trāchēa →
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Meanings

adjectiveextratracheal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOutside the trachea.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  10. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  11. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  12. Late Latintrāchīa
  13. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  14. Englishtrachea
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishtracheal
  18. Englishextratracheal

From extra- + tracheal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extratracheal

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APA

extratracheal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extratracheal

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extratracheal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extratracheal.

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