Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Laryngotomy

Laryngotomy , noun

[Greek ({not transcribed}); ({not transcribed}), ({not transcribed}), the larynx + te`mnein to cut: compare French laryngotomie.]

(Surgery) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.