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cricothyroidotomy
n. (context medicine English) an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs
Usage examples of "cricothyroidotomy".
Melvyn Hershy, the doctor who had performed the cricothyroidotomy, came around the gurney as Mary Draper slipped into her ultracool, I-cannot-be-fazed telephone manner"Hello, Janet.
They had all rehearsed in resuscitation procedures: mouth-to-mouth, sternum compression to get the heart pumping, electroshock paddles, endotracheal intubation, cricothyroidotomy, tracheostomy.