(TRAY-kee-OS-toh-mee)
Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.
Pronunciation of dictionary term "tracheostomy"
Pronunciation of dictionary term "traqueotomía"
Cirugía para crear una abertura (estoma) en la tráquea. La abertura misma puede llamarse traqueotomía.