tracheotomy

noun, plural tra·che·ot·o·mies. Surgery.

1. the operation of cutting into the trachea.

noun plural -mies

1. surgical incision into the trachea, usually performed when the upper air passage has been blocked

n.

1726, Modern Latin, coined 1718 by German surgeon Lorenz Heister (1683-1758); see trachea + -tomy.

n.

1. Incision into the trachea through the neck.