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noun

1The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs.
‘he kept the man's airway clear and blood circulating’
- ‘Preliminary studies show these compounds improve the flow of mucus through the respiratory tract, allowing airways to clear more quickly and efficiently.’
- ‘Infiltration of the large and small airways with eosinophils, neutrophils, plasma cells, and lymphocytes is common.’
- ‘In patients with severe trauma, airway compromise is a cause of prehospital death that can be prevented and simple airway manoeuvres can clear the airway to provide vital oxygenation.’
- ‘Moreover, BALF from allergen-stimulated airways was mitogenic for airway fibroblasts.’
- ‘Normally, lung mast cells occur around blood vessels, large airways, and nerves.’
- ‘Actually, coughing is a healthy reflex that helps clear the airways in the throat and chest.’
- ‘A cough is a reflex action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.’
- ‘Circulation: cardiac massage Once the airway is clear and the patient can receive air or oxygen into the lungs, the blood flow to the tissues must be maintained.’
- ‘But the fine water droplets it creates may reach smaller airways in the lower chest.’
- ‘It works in the body specifically to reduce any allergic inflammation of the nasal passages, the bronchial airways and the throat.’
- ‘From the nose and mouth, air passes into the trachea and into each lung, through two airways called the bronchi.’
- ‘A casualty can breathe only if their airway is clear.’
- ‘It thins mucus in air passages and makes it easier to cough up mucus and clear airways, allowing easier breathing.’
- ‘If the airway is clear and intubation is not immediately required, blood pressure and pulse should be checked and oxygen administered.’
- ‘Brusquely, he pulled the head back, cleared the airway, pinched the nostrils shut, puffed between the ice cold lips.’
- ‘They reduce inflammation in your airways and prevent blood vessels from leaking fluid into your airway tissues.’
- ‘The force of a cough can clear an airway that is blocked.’
- ‘Subsequent sleep is again followed by airway collapse, and the cycle repeats itself.’
- ‘Because wisdom teeth are at the back of the mouth, close to the airway, any infection around the area can potentially become very serious.’
- ‘Parents gave consent for an upper airway MRI that followed head MRI, with no additional sedation.’
tube, channel, passage, canal, vessel
1. 1.1A tube for supplying air to a person's lungs in an emergency.
  ‘A high incidence of middle ear complications from hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been described in patients with artificial airways.’
  ‘Gastric inflation is a dangerous complication of using laryngeal mask airways in advanced life support’
  ‘The review uncovered a wide range of research relating to the practice of suctioning adults with an artificial airway.’
  ‘Before inserting the airway, explain the procedure to the patient and use universal precautions as necessary.’
  ‘In the intensive care unit, however, the artificial airway can be a substantial barrier to aerosol delivery.’
2. 1.2A ventilating passage in a mine.
  ‘After work stopped about 2pm Birrell and Nasmyth made their examination, and then appear to have travelled to the shaft by the return airway.’
  ‘East section is separated from other sections of the Colliery by a fault across which there are only two roads, one the intake and haulage road, and the other the return airway.’
  ‘In an intake airway of a coal mine a locomotive was pushing a single materials vehicle.’
  ‘4 types of measurement were carried out during the investigation: pressure loss across the tested airway.’
  ‘However, for complex airways in operating mines, the coefficients show higher values.’
2A recognized route followed by aircraft.
‘Tip 6 Use a bright marking pen to lay out your course on the sectional chart, even if it's following an airway - they all look the same.’
- ‘Keep your aircraft perpendicular to an airway when crossing it.’
- ‘The Short Empire flying boats were extremely successful aircraft that helped extend the airways to all corners of the British empire.’
- ‘All metal, sleek and with high-performance, these aircraft pioneered the world's airways.’
- ‘For those of you now figuring distances in your head, Pensacola to Cincinnati is about 650 miles, following the most direct route along the airways.’
- ‘One example of flying a different course to your next waypoint is (after takeoff) to join a nearby airway that goes through that waypoint.’
- ‘The first ones were located not at airports, as they are now, but along airways, spaced 15 to 25 miles apart.’
- ‘When airborne, do pilots fly directly to their destination airport using GPS or do they still fly specific airways?’
- ‘In the waters and airways of the Gulf, in the dust and danger of Iraq, in the jungles of the Solomon Islands or Timor-Leste or in the sad carnage of Aceh, there stand our men and women, there stands our nation.’
- ‘It was a beautiful day and it was great to watch Johan and Laurie ease the old girl through the South African airways.’
- ‘It was not long before F-BEEG was plying the world's airways on a variety of mapping assignments.’
- ‘As we flew in a southerly direction down the airway from Phoenix, passing Marana, the twilight was fading in the western sky across the desert.’
- ‘A copy of the commercial airway manual was found at the accident site.’
- ‘If the member wants an answer, then let me answer it - nor do I have responsibility for the Civil Aviation Authority, which is responsible for safety of the airways.’
- ‘So, when I was offered the opportunity to fly to Miramar for my airways navigation cross-country, I jumped at the chance.’
- ‘The commercial aviation industry can pay for the national airways system.’
- ‘Enhancing airway access by expanding the Kozhikode airport and establishing Kannur airport’
- ‘Following a study that took into account the airline's schedule, available equipment, and airway navigation aids, he decided it best to wait.’
- ‘The weather was such that I could fly airways on a fairly direct route home.’
- ‘By 1920 fifteen fields spaced approximately 200 miles apart over a 2680-mile route made up the airway.’
1. 2.1Used in names of airlines.
  ‘British Airways’
  ‘US Airways and American Airlines have put fares on sale for travel to and from New York.’
  ‘The Airline Group consists of British Airways, British Midland, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, Monarch Airlines, Britannia Airways and Airtours.’
  ‘The airline has so-called code-sharing agreements with Delta Air, Alitalia, Garuda Indonesia, Thai Airways and Vietnam Airlines.’
  ‘Thai Airways is a great airline - keep up the great work!’
  ‘The fuselage had been transferred to Blackhawk Airways run by Dick Wixom in Janesville, Wisconsin.’
  ‘US Airways has moved to a new location at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.’
  ‘These airlines include Nigerian Airways, Kenya Airways, and Air Mauritius.’
  ‘Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd owns a 49-percent share in Jetstar.’
  ‘Judith Elen travelled as a guest of South Australian Tourism Commission, Qantas and Rex Airways.’
  ‘Connexion By Boeing will also be launched on Singapore Airlines, Japanese Airlines, All Nippon Airways and China Airlines.’
  ‘They include Thai Airways International, Singapore's Silk Air, Malaysian Airline System, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Indian Airlines and Air China.’
  ‘The six carriers are China Airlines, EVA Airways, Mandarin Airlines, Far Eastern Air Transport, TransAsia Airways and UNI Air.’
  ‘Outside of US Airways right now, it is United Airlines.’
  ‘I am a 20-plus-year employee at US Airways in Baltimore.’
  ‘The evening's activities were led by Visuda Sathanont, from the Standards Department of Thai Airways International Plc.’
  ‘Both Virgin Atlantic and South African Airways offer flights from London Heathrow to Durban.’
  ‘British Airways, via London Heathrow; Ryanair and EasyJet, via Gatwick, Czech Air, via Prague, Olympic Airways via London.’
  ‘Second position went to Singapore Airlines, with Cathay Pacific third, British Airways fourth and Thai Airways fifth.’
  ‘These partners include British Airways and American Airways.’
  ‘I sat in this strange dazed state until 8 a.m. when I was able to contact my brother, who was fortunately in Bangkok and able to arrange a flight ticket with Thai Airways.’