airway
airway
Definition
air·way (-wā′)
noun
- air shaft (sense )
- a specific route for air traffic, provided with navigational aids; air lane
- airwaves
- Med.
- a respiratory passageway
- a device used to bring air to the lungs during anesthesia
airway
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dilate: Relievers Medicines based on Salbutamol that are used to treat the symptoms of an asthma attack by dilating the small airways.
- obstruct: Take care not to grip below the tip of the jawbone which would obstruct the airway.
- irritate: Nitrogen oxides can irritate airways, especially your lungs.
- inflame: The symptoms of asthma are narrowed and inflamed airways.
- narrow: They quickly relax the muscles surrounding the narrowed airways.
Adjective modifier
- laryngeal: The use of a nasopharyngeal airway or the laryngeal mask airway may be helpful in certain cases.
- nasopharyngeal: The use of a nasopharyngeal airway or the laryngeal mask airway may be helpful in certain cases.
- asthmatic: The areas of research are listed below Increased epithelial permeability in airways is known to be associated with the hyperactivity of the asthmatic airway.
- nasal: Mouth breathing, related to the small nasal airway, contributes to fissured tongue and lips.
- upper: Pulmonary System Limited numbers of gland in upper airways.
- respiratory: Also, fine particles may be drawn into the respiratory airways where they may adversely affect health.
Modifies a noun
- obstruction: Sleep related upper airway obstruction in a cohort with Down's syndrome.
- epithelium: Cilia Video - Click on the link to see a video of airway epithelium with beating cilia.
- remodeling: Airway wall remodeling can't disappear and come up for current several seconds.
- inflammation: Lung toxins Some of the toxins present in smoke are highly irritant or directly toxic to the bronchial mucosa causing airway inflammation.
- hyperresponsiveness: Furthermore, in mice we can model the phenomenon known as airway hyperresponsiveness, which is a feature of the asthmatic airway.
- remodeling: These findings lend support to the hypothesis that bFGF is implicated in airway remodeling in asthma.
Noun used with modifier
- mask: The use of a nasopharyngeal airway or the laryngeal mask airway may be helpful in certain cases.
Preposition: in
- lung: Phlegm is an excessive collection of mucus produced by the lining cells of the airways in the lungs.
Preposition: of
- lung: These are released from the walls of the airways of the lung.
Browse dictionary entries near airway
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- aisle
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