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🫁 A breathing tube 🫁 The windpipe
trach

trach

6 9.9
A tube placed in the neck to help a person breathe
  • noun
  • /treɪk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : tráquea
  • The valve is genius; it lets patients breathe in through the trach but out through their nose and mouth.
  • remove the trach
  • trach tube
  • trach kit

They could, they could cap my trach so I could talk.

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Examples

  • I've got one kid who is determined to find a way for Simeon to safely swim with his trach.

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  • And I couldn't talk because I had a trach in my throat to help me breathe.

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  • So, Dr. G said we were ready and we went to see the trach nurse.

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  • So now, every student in school can tell you (in kid language) what a trach is.

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  • I explained the trach and how it makes his breathing sound very snotty, like he has a nasty cold all the time.

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  • I can tell if Sim is hungry, laughing, playing, or sleeping based solely on the speed and volume of the noise coming from his trach.

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  • Simeon now has a Passy-Muir valve for his trach.

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  • After surgery, she needed a trach to help her breathe properly.

  • The doctor explained that the trach would allow the patient to speak again.

  • He adjusted his trach tube to ensure it was functioning correctly.

Synonyms

tracheotomy
vstrach
  • Specialized
9 7.5

An opening made by surgery in the windpipe to let air reach the lungs when the normal airway is blocked

is used informally to mean tube or tube insertion rather than just opening
tracheostomy
vstrach
  • Specialized
3 9.1

An opening made in the windpipe through the neck, usually with a tube to help breathing

is an informal name for the tube, opening, or procedure that helps breathing

Surface Forms

trach singular
trachs plural

Morphology

trach = tracheostomy + tracheotomy (semi-transparent) = tracheostomy + tracheotomy

An informal clipped form of technical medical terms ('tracheostomy'/'tracheotomy'); clear to those with medical knowledge but not to general learners.

Etymology

Trach is a short form of tracheostomy and trachea, coming from an old Greek word that meant 'rough' and was used for the 'windpipe'. So trach is the name doctors use for the breathing tube, the opening, or the operation that helps a person breathe.