See Also: laryngotomy(medicine)
laryngotomy(dictionary)
inferior laryngotomy(medicine)
median laryngotomy(medicine)
superior laryngotomy(medicine)

laryngotomy (iou)



laryngotomy noun. 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.