tracheal

(tra'ke-al). Relating to the trachea, t. catarrh, tracheitis, t. forceps, forceps with long slender curved blades and sci ors handle, used for the extraction of foreign bodies from the trachea, t. pain, trachealgia. t. tri'angle, inferior carotid triangle.* t. tugging, a downward pull of the trachea, manifested by a depre ion of the pomum Adami, synchronous with the action of the heart, symptomatic of aneurysm of the aortic arch; the sign is elicited most easily by drawing the cricoid cartilage upward with the thumb and forefinger while the patient sits with head thrown back and mouth closed; OliverCardarelli sign, Porter's sign.