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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Trachea

+ Gr. [GREEK] to cut: cf.F.

tracheotomie

(Surg.)

The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

Noun.

[trachea and to cut.] In surgery, the operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

tracheotomy ‎(plural tracheotomies)

(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

surgery to insert a tube into the neck