tracheotomy

[trey-kee-ot-uh-mee]

noun, plural tra·che·ot·o·mies. Surgery.

the operation of cutting into the trachea.

Nearby words

Origin of tracheotomy

First recorded in 1720–30; tracheo- + -tomy

Related formstra·che·ot·o·mist, noun

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Examples from the Web for tracheotomy

He was going to start a tracheotomy, which is opening the throat and inserting a tube into the windpipe.
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He had to undergo a tracheotomy, which removed even the limited powers of speech he then possessed.
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The permanent wearing of a tracheotomy tube is rarely necessary.
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The sooner the serum is injected the better the prognosis with tracheotomy.
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I then began the tracheotomy making a transverse incision right through the wound in the neck.
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A tracheotomy was performed (Mr. Stewart), but the patient died an hour later.
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The preparation of the skin and the position of the body are the same as for tracheotomy.
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British Dictionary definitions for tracheotomy

tracheotomy

noun plural -mies

surgical incision into the trachea, usually performed when the upper air passage has been blocked

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Word Origin and History for tracheotomy

1726, Modern Latin, coined 1718 by German surgeon Lorenz Heister (1683-1758); see trachea + -tomy.

Medicine definitions for tracheotomy

tracheotomy

[trā′kē-ŏt′ə-mē]

n.

Incision into the trachea through the neck.