Trā'che-ōt'o-my, n.
[Fr. trachéotomie, from Gr. τραχεῖα, the windpipe, and τέμνειν, to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
[Fr. trachéotomie, from Gr. τραχεῖα, the windpipe, and τέμνειν, to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.