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Where does “endotracheal” come from?

Endotracheal derives from English tracheal, English trachea, and Ancient Greek τραχεῖα meaning rough, from τραχύς rough, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én.

endotracheal (English): Within, or through the trachea

Definitions

  1. Within, or through the trachea

Ancestry of “endotracheal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrachealOf or pertaining to the trachea
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “endotracheal”

  • endotracheally
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