Definition of tracheotomy in English:
tracheotomy
(also tracheostomy)
nounPlural tracheotomies ˌtrakɪˈɒtəmiˌtreɪkiˈɑdəmi
Medicine An incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathing.
I had to do an emergency tracheotomy before we got to hospital
tracheotomy is recommended
Example sentencesExamples
- Longer-term help with breathing may require a tracheotomy.
- In severe problem patients a tracheotomy or surgical opening (temporary or permanent) above the Adams apple is needed.
- All tracheotomies were operative tracheotomies, and no percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies were performed.
- Seventeen of the patients had a tracheostomy for airway obstruction.
- In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
Rhymes
dichotomy, lobotomy, trichotomy
Definition of tracheotomy in US English:
tracheotomy
(also tracheostomy)
nounˌtreɪkiˈɑdəmiˌtrākēˈädəmē
Medicine An incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathing.
I had to do an emergency tracheotomy before we got to hospital
tracheotomy is recommended
Example sentencesExamples
- In severe problem patients a tracheotomy or surgical opening (temporary or permanent) above the Adams apple is needed.
- Seventeen of the patients had a tracheostomy for airway obstruction.
- In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
- All tracheotomies were operative tracheotomies, and no percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies were performed.
- Longer-term help with breathing may require a tracheotomy.