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bronchotomy Surg.|brɒŋˈkɒtəmɪ|
[mod. f. Gr. βρόγχος bronchus + -τοµία cutting.]
The operation of making an incision in the wind-pipe; the generic term which includes thyrotomy, laryngotomy, and tracheotomy.
1706in Phillips. 1713Cheselden Anat. iii. xv. (1726) 259 This [nerve]..it is that we are earnestly cautioned to avoid in Bronchotomie. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. III. 573/2 A peculiarly eligible spot for bronchotomy. 1879T. Bryant Pract. Surg. II. 30 Any opening made by the surgeon into the windpipe is called ‘bronchotomy’. |