Usually means: Surgical opening in the trachea.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word tracheostomy:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. tracheostomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. tracheostomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tracheostomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tracheostomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tracheostomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tracheostomy, tracheostomy: Wordnik
  7. tracheostomy: Wiktionary
  8. tracheostomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tracheostomy: Dictionary.com
  10. Tracheostomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. tracheostomy: Rhymezone
  12. tracheostomy: FreeDictionary.org
  13. tracheostomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. tracheostomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tracheostomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. tracheostomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Tracheostomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Tracheostomy: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Tracheostomy: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. tracheostomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  12. tracheostomy: Medical dictionary
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Tracheostomy: Brain Injury
  15. Tracheostomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See tracheostomies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tracheostomy)

noun:  (surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

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