[air-wey] 
| 1. | an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc. |
| 2. | a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs. |
| 3. | Medicine/Medical. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia. |
| 4. | any passage in a mine used for purposes of ventilation; an air course. |
| 5. | airways,
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| air lane n. A regular route of travel for aircraft. Also called airway. |
| air·line (âr'līn') n.
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airway air·way (âr'wā')
n.
Any of the various parts of the respiratory tract through which air passes during breathing.
A device used to gain an unobstructed route to convey air into and out of the lungs during general anesthesia or when the respiratory passage is blocked.
