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Webster 1913 Edition
Tracheotomy
Traˊche-ot′o-my
,Noun.
[
Trachea
+ Gr. [GREEK] to cut: cf.F. tracheotomie
.] (Surg.)
The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tracheotomy
TRACHEOT'OMY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tracheotomy
tracheotomy
English
Alternative forms
Noun
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.
Translations
surgery to insert a tube into the neck
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