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    TRACHEOSTOMY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 causesplay

    Synonyms:

    tracheostomy; tracheotomy

    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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