laryngotomy noun.
[larɪŋ'gɒtǝmi] M17.[Greek laruggotomia, from larugg-, larugx LARYNX: see -TOMY.]Surgical incision into the larynx from without, esp. (through the cricoid cartilage) in order to provide an aperture for respiration; an instance of this.
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