1) Emergency medical procedure 2) Operation 3) Surgery 4) Surgical operation 5) Surgical procedure 6) Surgical process 7) Trachea surgery 8) Tracheostomy 1) Tracheostomy 
Tracheotomy (i {respell|tray-kee|AW|tə-mee}) is a surgical procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe). The resulting stoma (hole), or tracheostomy, can serve independently as an airway or as a site for a tracheostomy tube to be inserte...
• (n.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
A surgical procedure to create an opening in the trachea (windpipe) to aid in breathing.
the procedure to construct a tracheostomy.
(tra″ke-ot´ә-me) incision of the trachea through the skin and muscles of the neck for exploration, for removal of a foreign body, or for obtaining a biopsy specimen or removing a local lesion. See also tracheostomy.
A surgical incision into the wind pipe.
Type: Term Pronunciation: trā′kē-ot′ŏ-mē Definitions: 1. The operation of incising the trachea, usually intended to be temporary.
Tracheotomy is the cutting and insertion of a pipe into the trachea. It is used in such cases as the trachea is blocked so that the patient may breath.
tracheotomy Incision of the trachea or cutting an opening into the trachea, usually intended to be temporary Also, tracheostomy.
insertion of a tube through a surgical opening in the trachea to maintain an open airway 
Surgical opening in the windpipe (trachea), usually created for the insertion of a tube to enable the patient to breathe. It is done either to bypass an airway impaired by disease or injury, or to safeguard air supply during surgery or a prolonged period of mechanical ventilation