tracheomalacia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A condition in which the cartilaginous tissue in trachea is soft, such that the trachea partly collapses during respiration.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Tracheomalacia usually presents in the 1st year of life: 60% by the age of 3 months."
- "Currently the challenge remains that the diagnosis of tracheomalacia is largely subjective, determined by the bronchoscopist because there is no standard definition at this time."
- "Many children with tracheomalacia will not require intervention and will outgrow the symptoms by 1-2 years of age as the tracheal cartilage becomes more rigid [29, 34, 92]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰus Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English tracheo- English malacia English tracheomalacia From tracheo- + malacia.