Tracheotomy

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 49

(tra-ke-ot'-o-me). Surgical incision of the trachea. T., Inferior, one performed below the isthmus of the thyroid gland. T., Plunge-. See Plunge-tracheotomy. T., Superior, one performed above the isthmus of the thyroid gland. T.-tube, a tube to be worn in the opening made in tracheotomy, and through which breathing is carried on.