tracheotomy

English

Alternative forms

tracheostomy

Etymology

From tracheo- +‎ -tomy.

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

Catalan: traqueotomia f
French: trachéotomie (fr) f
Italian: tracheotomia (it)

Russian: трахеотоми́я (ru) f (traxeotomíja)
Spanish: traqueotomía (es)

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