pretracheal

From pre- +‎ tracheal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈtɹeɪ.ki.əl/, /ˌpɹiː.tɹəˈkiː.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹiˈtɹeɪ.ki.əl/
• Rhymes: -eɪkiəl, -iːəl

pretracheal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Anterior to the trachea.
   • 2015 October 3, Sun, Wei; Lan, Xiabin; Zhang, Hao; Dong, Wenwu; Wang, Zhihong; He, Liang; Zhang, Ting; Liu, Siming, “Risk Factors for Central Lymph Node Metastasis in CN0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS One‎, volume 10, number 10, →DOI:

     Central lymph nodes were divided into three or four subgroups in some articles: ipsilateral paratracheal, pretracheal, contralateral paratracheal, and prelaryngeal.

• “pretracheal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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