Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laryngotrachea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: laryn-go-tra-chea
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Both larynx and trachea.

Example Sentences

"Fragmentation or separation of the bolus results in scattered particles and increased risk of misentry into the nasopharynx or laryngotrachea."
"The laryngotracheas were cleansed and each cricothyroid muscle was isolated with blunt dissection."
"[T]he other method is a synthesis method, which mostly takes animal laryngotracheae, cartilages and the like as raw materials, extracts chondroitin sulfate by enzymolysis, and then takes the chondroitin sulfate as the raw material for preparation, […]"

Etymology

From laryngo- + trachea.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: laryngo

Inflected Forms

laryngotracheae (plural) laryngotracheas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

laryngotracheal

Questions

What does laryngotrachea mean?: Both larynx and trachea.
Where does laryngotrachea come from?: From laryngo- + trachea.

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