tracheole
/ˈtɹeɪkioʊl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Indeed, in the muscles of the wings every fibre has its own particular tracheole (small trachea)."
- "A subsequent molting of the intima of the trachea opens a connection between the lumen of the tracheole and the trachea. At the same time or a little later the tracheole breaks forth from its mother cell, uncoils, and extends far beyond the cell in which it was developed."
- "Oxygen is absorbed all over the body surface through branched tracheoles which are located directly under the body surface."
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 English -ole English tracheole From trachea + -ole.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹeɪkioʊl/
- British English: /ˈtɹeɪkiəʊl/