orotracheal

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the mouth and the trachea

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

adjectiveorotracheal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the mouth and the trachea

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óh₃s
  2. Proto-Italic*ōs
  3. Latinōs
  4. Englishoro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  7. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  8. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  9. Late Latintrāchīa
  10. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  11. Englishtrachea
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishtracheal
  15. Englishorotracheal

From oro- + tracheal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with orotracheal

trachealbrachialendotrachealintratrachealaortotrachealapotrachealbronchotrachealcricotrachealepitrachealesophagotrachealextratrachealintertracheallaryngotrachealmidtrachealnasotrachealnontrachealparatrachealperitrachealpharyngotrachealpretrachealrachialretrotrachealtranstracheal
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APA

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

MLA

“orotracheal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orotracheal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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