Bronchotomy is a surgical incision into the throat. Nowadays, such procedures are typically referred to more precisely by the place of incision (i.e. laryngotomy, thyrotomy and tracheotomy). ==History== Asclepiades of Bithynia is credited with being the first person who proposed bronchotomy as a surgical procedure, though he never attempted to per...
• (n.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
(brong-kot´ә-me) incision of a bronchus.
Bron·chot'o·my noun (Surg.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy . 
Type: Term Pronunciation: brong-kot′ō-mē Definitions: 1. Incision of a bronchus.