WINDPIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does windpipe mean? 

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

1. membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDPIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

trachea; windpipe

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

cartilaginous tube (a duct with cartilaginous walls)

Meronyms (parts of "windpipe"):

epiglottis (a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing)

Holonyms ("windpipe" is a part of...):

upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

 Context examples 

It also gives shape and support to other parts of your body, such as your ears, nose and windpipe.

(Cartilage Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the bronchi (large air passages in the lungs including those that lead to the lungs from the windpipe).

(Bronchial adenoma, NCI Dictionary)

It can affect any organ, but it mainly affects the sinuses, nose, trachea (windpipe), lungs, and kidneys.

(Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's), NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach).

(Pharynx, NCI Dictionary)

A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronchi (the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs).

(Carina of trachea, NCI Dictionary)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the pharynx (the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the windpipe and esophagus).

(Pharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronchi (the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs)

(Carina, NCI Dictionary)

A large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung.

(Bronchus, NCI Dictionary)

The combined organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract (including the lips, mouth, tongue, nose, throat, vocal cords, and part of the esophagus and windpipe).

(Aerodigestive tract, NCI Dictionary)

The large air passages that lead from the trachea (windpipe) to the lungs.

(Bronchi, NCI Dictionary)