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to tracheotomize

to tracheotomize

1 9.9
Make a small opening in the windpipe with surgery so someone can breathe
  • verb
  • /ˌtreɪkiˈɒtəmaɪz/
  • Specialized
: traqueotomizar
  • For measurement of lung mechanics in vivo, mice were anesthetized, tracheotomized, and mechanically ventilated.

Examples

  • The surgeon decided to tracheotomize the patient to ensure proper airflow during the emergency.

  • In critical cases of respiratory distress, doctors may need to tracheotomize to save a patient's life.

  • Before administering anesthesia, the medical team prepared to tracheotomize if the patient's condition worsened.

How Invasive

to tracheotomize
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to examine
834 2.5

Surface Forms

tracheotomize infinitive
tracheotomized past
tracheotomized past participle
tracheotomizing present participle
tracheotomizes third person singular

Morphology

tracheotomize = tracheotomy (semi-transparent) = trachea + tomy + ize

The verb is regularly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to the noun 'tracheotomy' to mean 'perform a tracheotomy'.

Etymology

Tracheotomize comes from trachea and -tomize, where trachea means 'windpipe' and -tomize means 'to cut' or 'make an opening'. So to tracheotomize someone is to cut an opening in the windpipe so air can get in.