Medical Term:
airway
Pronunciation: ār′wā
Definition:
- Any part of the respiratory tract through which air passes during breathing.
- In anesthesia or resuscitation, a device for correcting obstruction to breathing, especially an oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airway, endotracheal airway, or tracheotomy tube.
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