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tracheostomy

tracheostomy noun: a surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

Noun

tracheostomy (plural tracheostomies)

  1. A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

tracheostomy meaning in Tamil

tracheostomy in Tamil

திரகியவாயமைப்பு, மூச்சுப் பெருங்குழாய்த் திறப்பு

Forms of tracheostomy

pluraltracheostomies
alternative formtracheotomy

Origin of tracheostomy

From tracheo- + -stomy.

Words formed from tracheostomy

Questions about tracheostomy

What does tracheostomy mean?
Tracheostomy means a surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.
What is tracheostomy in Tamil?
Tracheostomy in Tamil is திரகியவாயமைப்பு, மூச்சுப் பெருங்குழாய்த் திறப்பு. See Tracheostomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tracheostomy?
Tracheostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of tracheostomy?
The plural of tracheostomy is tracheostomies.

Words near tracheostomy in the dictionary

  1. tracheostomising
  2. tracheostomize
  3. tracheostomized
  4. tracheostomizes
  5. tracheostomizing
  6. tracheostomy
  7. tracheosyringeal
  8. tracheotome
  9. tracheotomes
  10. tracheotomies
  11. tracheotomise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tracheostomy (page history and authors); tracheostomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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