Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upper airway

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
up-per air-way
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx.

noun

The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and epiglottis.

noun

The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.

Inflected Forms

upper airways (plural)

Phrases

upper airway cough syndrome upper respiratory tract

Frequently Paired Words

upper respiratory tract

Antonyms

lower airway

Questions

What does upper airway mean?
The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx.

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