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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: tracheostomy, tracheotomy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tracheotomy \Tra`che*ot"o*my\, n. [Trachea + Gr. ? to cut: cf.F.
   tracheotomie.] (Surg.)
   The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tracheotomy
    n 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 [syn: tracheostomy, tracheotomy]