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TRACHEOSTOMY
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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:
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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