laryngectomy

[lar-uhn-jek-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

laryngectomies 

1. excision of part or all of the larynx.

laryngectomy

/ ˌlærɪnˈdʒɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical removal of all or part of the larynx

Word History and Origins

Origin of laryngectomy¹

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

Example Sentences

Ashley Ann Kuzma died on Sept. 22 after being diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, 29 radiation treatments and a laryngectomy to remove her voice box — all over the last two years.

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

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It is the agency's first national anti-smoking advertising effort and features people whose smoking resulted in heart surgery, laryngectomy, lost limbs or paralysis.

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The CDC said Monday that the hole in Wright's throat resulted from a laryngectomy - the removal of his voice box - not a tracheotomy.

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The health department has also used media campaigns, including graphic antismoking advertisements, like a 1997 television commercial that showed a woman smoking a cigarette through the laryngectomy hole in her throat.

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