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airway definition

air·way (-wā′)

noun

  1. air shaft (sense )
  2. a specific route for air traffic, provided with navigational aids; air lane
  3. airwaves
  4. Med.
    1. a respiratory passageway
    2. a device used to bring air to the lungs during anesthesia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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