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WINDPIPE

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WINDPIPE , the trachea (Gr. TpaXeia, sc. ap'r'pia, literally, rough artery), the See also:

air See also:tube which leads from the larynx to the bronchi and lungs (see See also:RESPIRATORY See also:SYSTEM).

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