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tracheostomymore about tracheostomy

tracheostomy


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tracheostomy 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {tracheotomy}] 




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