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pretracheal

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈtɹeɪ.ki.əl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.tɹəˈkiː.əl/
  • General-American: /pɹiˈtɹeɪ.ki.əl/
  • rhymes with -eɪkiəl
  • rhymes with -iːəl

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adj

Meaning 1

Anterior to the trachea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, relational

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *dhreh2gh- Proto-Indo-European *dhréh2gh-us Proto-Hellenic *thrākhús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea English -al English tracheal English pretracheal From pre- + tracheal.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣管前 /气管前 (qìguǎnqián) — anterior to the trachea