TracheotomyWordNet Explorer

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

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)