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trachea

trachea [LL trachia < τραχεῖα (ἀρτηρία)], (also ~ea arteria) windpipe, trachea. uva ‥ tangit ‥ epiglotum et summitatem ~ee Ric. Med. Anat. 221; [pisces] suffocantur ‥ cum aeri exponuntur quia ~eam non habent Alf. Angl. Cor 10. 8; sequitur inspirandi et respirandi angustia ‥ propter opilationem ~ee arterie Quaest. Salern. B 191; nec †dicavit [l. ditavit] pisces natura tracheis / nec spirant Neckam DS III 397; s1252 Rogerus ‥ aptans lanceam ‥ sub galea Ernaldi guttur ejus cum ~ea precidit et arteriis M. Par. Maj. V 318; catarrhi in ~eam arteriam defluxu subitaria morte est extinctus Boece f. 177v.

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