tracheotomy

English

Alternative forms

• tracheostomy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us

Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús

Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor.

Late Latin trāchīa

Medieval Latin trāchēader.

Middle English

English trachea

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English tracheo-

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der.

English -tomy

English tracheotomy

From tracheo- + -tomy.

Noun

tracheotomy (plural tracheotomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

Derived terms

• laryngotracheotomy
• tracheotomise
• tracheotomist
• tracheotomize

Translations

surgery to insert a tube into the neck

• Catalan: traqueotomia f
• French: trachéotomie (fr) f
• German: Luftröhrenschnitt (de) m
• Italian: tracheotomia (it)
• Russian: трахеотоми́я (ru) f (traxeotomíja)
• Spanish: traqueotomía (es)