Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tracheostomy

1 sense of tracheostomy

Sense 1
tracheostomy, tracheotomy -- (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)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")