paratracheal

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Located beside the windpipe

adjective
/ˌpærəˈtreɪkiəl/

Specialized

: paratraqueal

However, pretreatment staging CT three months later (delayed by the patient) revealed radiologic evidence of disease in the axillary and paratracheal areas.

Examples

Inferior extension can take a cyst through the cricothyroid membrane and into the paratracheal region.

Academic text (2009)
Finally, the low incidence of nodal metastasis in the paratracheal and mediastinal regions implies that resection of these compartments is not as important.

Academic text (1999)
CT also demonstrated an irregular lobulated hypodensity with air inclusion that extended from the left lateral compartment of the neck to the paratracheal space.

Academic text (2003)
The lymph nodes located in the paratracheal region play a critical role in respiratory health.
Doctors found inflammation in the paratracheal tissues, indicating a possible infection.
After surgery, the patient was monitored for any changes in the paratracheal area.

Surface Forms

paratracheal positive

Morphology

paratracheal = tracheal (semi-transparent) = para + trachea + al

The prefix 'para-' clearly means 'beside/near', but the base is a technical anatomical adjective, so the meaning is not fully accessible to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Paratracheal breaks into para- and trachea, where para- means 'beside' (as in parallel) and trachea is the medical name for the 'windpipe'. So paratracheal means 'beside the windpipe', which explains why it describes something found near the trachea.