Tracheotomy

Definition: Tracheotomy

Tracheotomy

Noun

1. 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.

Etymology: Tracheotomy \Tra`che*ot"o*my\, noun. [Trachea Greek expression to cut: compare to French tracheotomie.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Tracheotomy

Domain	Definition
Health	Surgical incision of the trachea. (references)
Medicine	The surgical establishment of an opening from the exterior into the interior of the trachea. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Tracheotomy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Wikipedia does not give medical advice. Especially about emergency tracheotomy.

Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure used to cut a hole in the trachea through which a small tube is inserted. Trachetomy is indicated when the airway is mechanically blocked, for example by a crushing blow to the neck, and efforts at both intubation and "popping" the trachea process back into shape with the thumbs have been unsuccessful.

Sometimes a planned tracheotomy is indicated when a patient requires long-term mechanical ventilation, for example in throat cancer. Great care must be taken to avoid damaging the vocal cords.

The emergency tracheotomy is performed only by doctors qualified in emergency medicine or under their specific direction. Paramedics perform a needle cricothoracotomy instead, if local protocols permit.

In wilderness first aid texts, the use of emergency tracheotomy has been discussed as a last-ditch method of opening an airway in persons with severe neck trauma. It should only be attempted if the only other alternative is the certain death of the victim, and the person attempting the procedure does not mind facing litigation and/or criminal charges even if successful.

See also mechanical ventilation intubation

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tracheotomy."

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Synonym: Tracheotomy

Synonym: tracheostomy (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tracheotomy

English words defined with "tracheotomy": Bronchotomy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "tracheotomy": NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL. (references)

Etymologies containing "tracheotomy": Laryngotracheotomy. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Tracheotomy

Domain	Title
Books	A Guide to Pediatric Tracheotomy Care (reference) Tracheotomy (reference) Tracheotomy (Sipac) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Tracheotomy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Treating people who have two paralyzed vocal cords may involve performing a surgical procedure called a tracheotomy to help breathing. (references)
		In a tracheotomy, an incision is made in the front of the patient's neck and a breathing tube (tracheotomy tube) is inserted through a hole, called a stoma, into the trachea. (references)
		A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure where an incision is made in the front of the patient's neck and a breathing tube (trach tube) is inserted through a hole, called a stoma, into the trachea (windpipe). (references)
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Usage Frequency: Tracheotomy

"Tracheotomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tracheotomy" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	17	85,106

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tracheotomy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
tracheotomy	97
info tracheotomy	3
picture tracheotomy	2
kit tracheotomy	2
tracheotomy tube	2
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Modern Translation: Tracheotomy

Language		Translations for "tracheotomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		traketomi. (various references)

Arabic		‏الحثار. (various references)

Bulgarian		трахеотомия. (various references)

Chinese		�"管切开. (various references)

Danish		tracheotomi, thracheotomi. (various references)

Dutch		tracheotomie (tracheostomy). (various references)

French		trachéotomie (tracheostomy). (various references)

German		Tracheotomie (tracheostomy), Tracheotomia, Luftröhenschnitt. (various references)

Greek		τραχειοτομή, τραχειοτομία (tracheostomy). (various references)

Hungarian		légcsõmetszés. (various references)

Italian		tracheotomia (tracheostomy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		気管切開 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きか�"せっかい. (various references)

Manx		giarrey readanagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		acheotomytray

Portuguese		traqueotomia. (various references)

Russian		трахеотомия. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		treheotomija. (various references)

Spanish		traqueotomia. (various references)

Swedish		trakeotomi (tracheostomy). (various references)

Turkish		nefes borusu ameliyatı. (various references)

Ukrainian		трахеотомія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Tracheotomy

Misspellings
	"Tracheotomy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tracheomoty, tracheostomy, tracheotemy, Trachodon, traghetto. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tracheotomy"

Words rhyming with "tracheotomy" (pronounced 'Tra`che*ot"o*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Dysnomy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tracheotomy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-m-o-o-r-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: athrocyte.
	-3 letters: amoretto, chattery, chromate, cometary, corotate, theocrat, tomatoey, trachyte.
	-4 letters: cattery, chatter, chayote, cheroot, ecthyma, matcher, mattery, moocher, mothery, ootheca, ratchet, rematch, tearoom, teraohm, throaty, yachter.
	-5 letters: cahoot, chatty, cherty, chorea, chroma, chrome, chromo, coater, cohort, comate, cometh, cooter, cottae, cottar, cotter, coyote, creamy, earthy, hatter, hearty, hector, hooray, hooter, hotter, matter, mooter.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-m-o-o-r-t-t-y"
	+1 letter: tracheostomy.
	+4 letters: chemoautotrophy, photometrically.
	+5 letters: thrombocytopenia.
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