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Trachea

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the tube carrying air from the throat to the lungs, the windpipe
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Stage 1 of 2
tracheia arteria
Greek · ancient
"the rough windpipe"
literally rough artery, describing the windpipe's ridged cartilage rings
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Stage 2 of 2
trachea
English · 1400s
"the windpipe"
settled as the medical word for the windpipe
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