TRACHEOSTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tracheostomy mean? 

• TRACHEOSTOMY (noun)
  The noun TRACHEOSTOMY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TRACHEOSTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACHEOSTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tracheostomy; tracheotomy

Hypernyms ("tracheostomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Meronyms (parts of "tracheostomy"):

stoma (a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ))

 Context examples 

In acquired cases, the cartilage of the bronchial wall is degenerated, secondary to tracheostomy or presence of a breathing tube.

(Bronchomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)