TRACHEITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tracheitis mean? 

• TRACHEITIS (noun)
  The noun TRACHEITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the trachea

  Familiarity information: TRACHEITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACHEITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the trachea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tracheitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include tracheitis, tracheal agenesis, and tracheal atresia.

(Non-Neoplastic Tracheal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary failure, tracheitis, and tracheal agenesis.

(Non-Neoplastic Respiratory Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)