airway
an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc.
a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs.
Medicine/Medical. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia.
any passage in a mine used for purposes of ventilation; an air course.
airways,
the band of frequencies, taken collectively, used by radio broadcasting stations: The news was sent out over the airways immediately.
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How to use airway in a sentence
It can be fatal if, for example, the person’s airway swells shut, though deaths are rare.
Everything to know about allergic reactions to COVID vaccines | Karen Yuan | December 31, 2020 | FortuneRush’s preteen daughter suffered from asthma and had to sleep with a continuous positive airway pressure machine, commonly known as a CPAP.
With covid-19, the virus attaches to a receptor called ACE-2, which is common on airway and lung cells—the reason the disease causes problems with breathing.
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic | Katie McLean | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPlace your tongue on the roof of your mouth, which opens your airway and allows you to bring more air into your lungs, Almeyda explains.
Pocket This Anti-Stress Routine for Difficult Days | Lauren Bedosky | October 20, 2020 | Outside OnlineBirds and people have different types of this protein in their upper airway, but pigs have both.
4 reasons not to worry about that ‘new’ swine flu in the news | Erin Garcia de Jesus | July 2, 2020 | Science News
This strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.
Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly | Kent Sepkowitz | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSnoring is a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, when your airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep.
We cant get out this way, said Tom; well have to go up through the airway.
The Blind Brother | Homer GreeneThen, with a glance at the sleeping boy, Come ye up the airway a bit.
The Blind Brother | Homer GreeneIf you are unable to obtain an effective airway, then the other procedures are to be of no avail.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe cuff is a small latex cuff which should prevent leakage of air around the tube, thus insuring an adequate airway.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThis is a plastic tube which is inserted into the trachea, into the windpipe, to allow an adequate airway, adequate breathing.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for airway
/ (ˈɛəˌweɪ) /
an air route, esp one that is fully equipped with emergency landing fields, navigational aids, etc
a passage for ventilation, esp in a mine
a passage down which air travels from the nose or mouth to the lungs
med a tubelike device inserted via the throat to keep open the airway of an unconscious patient
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