Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peritracheal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-tra-cheal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounding the tracheae.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- 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 peritracheal From peri- + tracheal.

Rhymes With

brachial tracheal endotracheal intratracheal orotracheal paratracheal laryngotracheal extratracheal nasotracheal rachial pretracheal bronchotracheal

Questions

What does peritracheal mean?: Surrounding the tracheae.
Where does peritracheal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- 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 peritracheal From peri- + tracheal.

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