Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

laryngectomy

American  
[lar-uhn-jek-tuh-mee] / ˌlær ənˈdʒɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.
  • laryngectomies
    plural
  1. excision of part or all of the larynx.


laryngectomy British  
/ ˌlærɪnˈdʒɛktəmɪ /

noun

  1. surgical removal of all or part of the larynx

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of laryngectomy

First recorded in 1885–90; laryng- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

To duplicate that miracle, Staffieri made a small slit in the esophagus of a laryngectomy patient.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his last years he had a serious heart attack and underwent a laryngectomy, which forced him to learn to talk in a hoarse croak.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many early cases of laryngeal cancer can be cured without the necessity for laryngectomy, and with the retention of a more or less normal voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every time Surgeon Montgomery has done a laryngectomy, he has longed for a way to give the patient something better than this burping speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cohen, Dr., on laryngectomy, 302.Solomon on strabismus, 158.South on ligature of aorta, 3.Spence,

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell

Others had had laryngectomies, or else defective hearing, or learning disabilities, or for an unknown reason had begun speaking much later than was normal.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training