tracheotomy C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˌtreɪkiˈɑtəmi/ UK /ˌtrækiˈɒtəmi/ See IPA manual Freq #47795 Meanings 1 noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air An emergency tracheotomy created an airway below the obstruction. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a surgical operation that... tracheostomy Etymology From tracheo- + -tomy. Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tracheotomy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌtreɪkiˈɑtəmi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌtrækiˈɒtəmi/ **Frequency rank:** 47795 ## Meanings 1. a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air ## Examples - An emergency tracheotomy created an airway below the obstruction. ## Synonyms - tracheostomy ## Etymology From tracheo- + -tomy. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown