TRACHEOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tracheotomy mean? 

• TRACHEOTOMY (noun)
  The noun TRACHEOTOMY 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: TRACHEOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACHEOTOMY (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 ("tracheotomy" 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 "tracheotomy"):

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))