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pharyngotomy
pharyngotomy n.
Brit. 
/ˌfarᵻŋˈɡɒtəmi/
, /ˌfarᵻŋˈɡɒtəmi/U.S. /ˌfɛrəŋˈɡɑdəmi/
[after post-classical Latin pharyngotomia (1684 or earlier)] Surgery surgical incision into the pharynx; an instance of this./ˌfɛrəŋˈɡɑdəmi/ΘΚΠ
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laryngotomy1661
bronchotomy1706
tracheotomy1726
pharyngotomy1730
oesophagotomy1811
staphylotomy1853
laryngotracheotomy1879
oesophagostomy1882
uvulatomy1887
laryngectomy1888
pharyngectomy1888
uvulotomy1889
oesophagectomy1892
thyro-cricotomy1899
tracheolaryngotomy1909
tracheostomy1945
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Pharyngotomy,..the same as Laryngotomy.
1769 B. Alexander tr. G. B. Morgagni Seats & Causes Dis. II. 17 Stoffelius enquir'd..whether we might not make use of pharyngotomy, in imitation of the operation that they call laryngtomy.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 840 Thyrotomy, or subhyoid pharyngotomy..offers the best chance of getting rid of the whole disease.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 48 713 These early pharyngotomies still survive in the present day laryngopharyngotomy.
1999 Head & Neck 21 480 We present the case of a 33-year-old female with lingual thyroid who was treated by transposing the whole gland to the lateral pharyngeal wall through a lateral pharyngotomy incision.
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