Definition of laryngotomy in English:

noun

• Surgical incision into the larynx, typically to provide an air passage when breathing is obstructed.

  Example sentences

  • ‘Over time, the tracheotomy has gone by several different names, among them pharyngotomy, laryngotomy, bronchotomy, tracheostomy, and tracheotomy.’
  • ‘The term bronchotomy, then, encompassed both tracheotomy and laryngotomy and all these three terms were used loosely and they were not easily distinguishable from each other.’