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laryngotracheotomy

laryngotracheotomy noun: the operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper ring of the trachea.

Noun

laryngotracheotomy (plural laryngotracheotomies)

  1. The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper ring of the trachea.

Forms of laryngotracheotomy

plurallaryngotracheotomies

Origin of laryngotracheotomy

From laryngo- + tracheotomy.

Questions about laryngotracheotomy

What does laryngotracheotomy mean?
Laryngotracheotomy means the operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper ring of the trachea.
What part of speech is laryngotracheotomy?
Laryngotracheotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of laryngotracheotomy?
The plural of laryngotracheotomy is laryngotracheotomies.

Words near laryngotracheotomy in the dictionary

  1. laryngotracheoesophageal
  2. laryngotracheomalacia
  3. laryngotracheoplasties
  4. laryngotracheoplasty
  5. laryngotracheotomies
  6. laryngotracheotomy
  7. laryngotyphoid
  8. laryngotyphus
  9. laryngovideostroboscopy
  10. larynx
  11. larynxes

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