UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper respiratory tract mean? 

• UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT (noun)
  The noun UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT has 1 sense:

1. the nose and throat and trachea

  Familiarity information: UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The nose and throat and trachea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("upper respiratory tract" is a kind of...):

airway; respiratory tract (the passages through which air enters and leaves the body)

Meronyms (parts of "upper respiratory tract"):

nasal cavity (either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx)

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

trachea; windpipe (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

 Context examples 

G. morbillorum may be found in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, upper respiratory tract and the intestines.

(Gemella morbillorum, NCI Thesaurus)

G. morbillorum may be found in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and the upper respiratory tract.

(Gemella haemolysans, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used to relieve itching and to treat problems in the upper respiratory tract.

(Menthol, NCI Dictionary)

M. luteus is found in soil, dust, water and air and is a commensal organism of the skin, mouth and upper respiratory tract but may be considered pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.

(Micrococcus luteus, NCI Thesaurus)

M. nonliquefaciens is a commensal organism of the upper respiratory tract but may become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.

(Moraxella nonliquefaciens, NCI Thesaurus)

E. corrodens is generally classified as a commensal organism of the mouth and upper respiratory tract but may cause disease in patients with cancer.

(Eikenella corrodens, NCI Thesaurus)

A. equuli is a commensal organism of the horse upper respiratory tract but may cause disease in foals and zoonotic infections in humans.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of pneumonia resulting from the aspiration of food, liquid, or gastric contents into the upper respiratory tract.

(Aspiration Pneumonitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A. haemolyticum is found on human skin and mucus membranes of the upper respiratory tract, and is associated with pharyngitis and skin and tissue infections.

(Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, NCI Thesaurus)

Echinacea extract might be helpful to boost the body's immune system and to help fight infections, especially those of the upper respiratory tract.

(Echinacea Extract, NCI Thesaurus)