airway (redirected from upper airway)

air·way  (ârw)

n.

1.

a. A passageway or shaft in which air circulates, as in ventilating a mine.

b. A covered, self-propelled passageway used for airline passenger and crew embarkation and debarkation at airport terminal gates.

2.

a. See air lane.

b. See airline.

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airway [ˈɛəˌweɪ]

n

1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) an air route, esp one that is fully equipped with emergency landing fields, navigational aids, etc.

2. (Mining & Quarrying) a passage for ventilation, esp in a mine

3. (Medicine) a passage down which air travels from the nose or mouth to the lungs

4. (Medicine) Med a tubelike device inserted via the throat to keep open the airway of an unconscious patient

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A control area or portion thereof established in the form of a corridor marked with radio navigational aids.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	airway - a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) air duct, air passage duct - an enclosed conduit for a fluid register - an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel breather, breather, snorkel - air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time upcast - air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine vent, vent-hole, venthole, blowhole - a hole for the escape of gas or air ventilation shaft - a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation
	2.	airway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another air lane, skyway, flight path approach path, glide path, glide slope, approach - the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing holding pattern - the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access
	3.	airway - the passages through which air enters and leaves the body respiratory tract respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing lower respiratory tract - the bronchi and lungs upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea tract - a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
	4.	airway - a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers airline business, airline line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier fleet - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

Translations

airway [ˈɛəweɪ] N

1. (Aer) (= company) → línea f aérea, aerolínea f; (= route) → ruta f aérea

2. (Anat) → vía f respiratoria

3. (= ventilator shaft) → conducto m de ventilación

airway [ˈɛə^rweɪ] n

(AVIATION) (= route) → voie f aérienne

(ANATOMY) → voie f respiratoire
the airways → les voies respiratoires

airway [ˈɛəˌweɪ] n

a. (Aer) → rotta aerea

b. the airways npl → le vie fpl respiratorie