tracheotomy
noun
tra·che·ot·o·my
ˌtrā-kē-ˈä-tə-mē 
plural tracheotomies
: the surgical operation of cutting into the trachea especially through the skin
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The man endured four months in the hospital, undergoing multiple lifesaving procedures including a permanent tracheotomy and multiple rounds of skin grafts before he was released from the hospital, prosecutors said.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The actor had battled the disease publicly for much of the past decade, permanently losing his voice to a tracheotomy, but continuing to act and write.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2025
Three floors above the lab, Dr. Sidney Busis performed tracheotomies on 2-year-old iron lung patients, opening their windpipes so the ventilator could help them breath.
—Carl Kurlander, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Surgeons performed a tracheotomy, and over the next year and a half, Marion lived in two long-term acute care hospitals.
—Jordan Rau, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The actor had battled the disease publicly for much of the past decade, permanently losing his voice to a tracheotomy, but continuing to act and write.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2025
Three floors above the lab, Dr. Sidney Busis performed tracheotomies on 2-year-old iron lung patients, opening their windpipes so the ventilator could help them breath.
—Carl Kurlander, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Surgeons performed a tracheotomy, and over the next year and a half, Marion lived in two long-term acute care hospitals.
—Jordan Rau, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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tracheotomy
noun
tra·che·ot·o·my
ˌtrā-kē-ˈät-ə-mē
plural tracheotomies
1
: the surgical operation of cutting into the trachea especially through the skin
2
: the opening created by a tracheotomy
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