Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extratracheal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tra-tra-cheal
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside the trachea.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- 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 English -al English tracheal English extratracheal From extra- + tracheal.

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Questions

What does extratracheal mean?
Outside the trachea.
Where does extratracheal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- 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 English -al English tracheal English extratracheal From extra- + tracheal.

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