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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Surg.)

An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

Noun.

[Gr. the wind-pipe, and, a cutting.]

An incision into the wind pipe or larynx, between the rings; called also tracheotomy.

bronchotomy ‎(plural bronchotomies)

(surgery) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.