CRICOTOMY

n. Kri-ko2t'o-mi. From KpiVos. a ring, and rtfiveiv, to cut. Fr.. cricotomie. Ger., Cricotonne. The operation of making an opening into the larynx by dividing the cricoid cartilage. [A, 319.] CRICO-TRACHEA I,, adj. Kri"ko-traak-e'aal. Lat., cricotracliealis, cricptracheliceus. Fr., crico-tracheal. Pertaining to the cricoid cartilage and to the trachea. [L, 31.] [s. 445]