Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical incision of the trachea through the neck, as to make an artificial opening for breathing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the operation of making an opening into the trachea or windpipe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery A
surgical procedure in which anincision is made into thetrachea , through theneck , and atube inserted so as to make anartificial opening in order toassist breathing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
Etymologies
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Examples
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WOODRUFF: Sanjay, if I'm hearing you correctly, I'm hearing you using both the term tracheotomy and tracheostomy, which is it, or is it both?
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What he's suggesting is something called a tracheotomy, which is where you take a tube and put it -- insert into the neck and put into the baby's lungs to help make breathing easier.
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Once again he brought up the subject of the doctors at the hospital performing this procedure called a tracheotomy on my throat.
A Body Divided, 2 2010
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A tracheotomy is a procedure performed in that situation.
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Last week, he had a tracheotomy, which is not the usual treatment for thyroid cancer; it's only done when something has gone wrong and the patient is having trouble breathing.
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But even in experienced hands, a tracheotomy could be a tricky procedure.
Critical Condition Clement, Peter, M.D 2002
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Our only resource in this form of the disease used to be by mechanical or surgical means, opening the windpipe below the level of the obstruction and inserting a curved silver tube -- the so-called tracheotomy operation; or later, and less heroic, by pushing forcibly down into the larynx, and through and past the obstruction at the vocal cords, a small metal tube through which the child could manage to breathe.
Preventable Diseases Woods Hutchinson 1896
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The tracheotomy was the result of a bout with pneumonia that left her gasping for air and it returned her to the big, bountiful, hungry life that was one of her greatest roles.
NYT > Home Page By MANOHLA DARGIS 2011
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A surgical procedure known as a tracheotomy was performed Saturday morning.
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BACKGROUND: A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure in which a cut or opening is made in the windpipe.
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