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laryngotracheomalacia

laryngotracheomalacia noun: a condition in which the soft cartilages in the trachea and larynx partly collapse inward during inspiration, causing airway obstruction.

Noun

laryngotracheomalacia (uncountable)

  1. A condition in which the soft cartilages in the trachea and larynx partly collapse inward during inspiration, causing airway obstruction.

Questions about laryngotracheomalacia

What does laryngotracheomalacia mean?
Laryngotracheomalacia means a condition in which the soft cartilages in the trachea and larynx partly collapse inward during inspiration, causing airway obstruction.
What part of speech is laryngotracheomalacia?
Laryngotracheomalacia is a noun.

Words near laryngotracheomalacia in the dictionary

  1. laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis
  2. laryngotracheobronchoscopic
  3. laryngotracheobronchoscopies
  4. laryngotracheobronchoscopy
  5. laryngotracheoesophageal
  6. laryngotracheomalacia
  7. laryngotracheoplasties
  8. laryngotracheoplasty
  9. laryngotracheotomies
  10. laryngotracheotomy
  11. laryngotyphoid

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