What it means
The combining form for the tracheaTRAY-kee-uhThe windpipe: the tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs.Full entry , the tube from the voice box to the lungs. A tracheostomy (see -ostomyOS-tuh-meeA word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.Full entry ) is a surgical opening into it through the neck, a tracheotomy is the cut that makes it, and an endotracheal tube passes through the mouth into the trachea.
At a glance
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Related terms
endotracheal intubation
Putting a breathing tube through the mouth or nose into the windpipe (trachea).
trachea
The windpipe: the tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs.
-otomy
A word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.
-ostomy
A word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.