TRACHEOSTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

tracheostomy; tracheotomy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tracheostomy" 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 "tracheostomy"):

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))

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