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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

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.

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