tracheotomy
pronunciation
How to pronounce tracheotomy in British English:
UK [ˌtrækiˈɒtəmi]
How to pronounce tracheotomy in American English:
US [ˌtreɪkiˈɑtəmi]
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- 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
Word Origin
- tracheotomy (n.)
- 1726, Modern Latin, coined 1718 by German surgeon Lorenz Heister (1683-1758); see trachea + -tomy.
Example
- 1. Clinical effect of foreseeing nursing of tracheotomy with inhalation injury .
- 2. Clinical cbservation on secretion of bronchi in patients of long-term tracheotomy .
- 3. Advances in nursing of patients undergoing tracheotomy .
- 4. Then dr. yuasa and the others began practicing various kinds of surgery : first an appendectomy , then an amputation of an arm and finally a tracheotomy .
- 5. A tracheotomy performed in order to insert a catheter or tube into the trachea , especially to facilitate breathing .