laryngotracheotomy
English
Etymology
From laryngo- + tracheotomy.
Noun
laryngotracheotomy (plural laryngotracheotomies)
- (surgery) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laryngotracheotomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)