tracheotomy

English

Alternative forms

• tracheostomy

Etymology

From tracheo- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

tracheotomy (plural tracheotomies)

1. (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)