Glossary

Reprinted with permission from "Your Premature Baby and Child" by Amy E. Tracy and Dianne I. Maroney (Berkley, 1999)

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Toy block

Tacheomalicia

 The trachea is soft or "floppy" and collapses during breathing

Tachycardia

 A faster-than-normal heart rate

Trachea

 The windpipe

Tracheostomy tube (Trach)

 A flexible tube that is surgically inserted into the trachea to help an infant breathe

 

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