cricothyrotomy

English

Noun

cricothyrotomy (plural cricothyrotomies)

(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.

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incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane

Czech: koniotomie f
Dutch: cricothyreotomie f, coniotomie f
Finnish: krikotyreotomia
French: cricothyroïdotomie (fr) f, coniotomie (fr) f
German: Krikothyreotomie f, Koniotomie f
Italian: cricotiroidotomia f, coniotomia f
Polish: krikotyreotomia f, konikotomia f
Portuguese: cricotireoidotomia f
Spanish: cricotirotomía f, coniotomía f
Swedish: koniotomi c
Ukrainian: конікотомія f (konikotomija)

Anagrams

thyrocricotomy

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