tracheostomy

Definition

Medical

• noun a surgical operation to make a hole through the throat into the windpipe, so as to allow air to get to the lungs in cases where the trachea is blocked, as in pneumonia, poliomyelitis or diphtheria

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Contexts for “tracheostomy”

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