Surg. [ad. Gr. λαρυγγοτομία, f. λαρυγγο- LARYNX + -τομία cutting.] The operation of cutting into the larynx from without, esp. in order to provide an aperture for respiration.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 354. The quinzey…; it’s cured, by … laryngotomy, and thin diet.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., I. 13. Breath may be restored to the Choaking Patient, by the help of Laryngotomy.
1725. N. Robinson, Theory of Physick, 273. In this Case, Laryngotomy is the last Refuge the miserable Patient has for his Life.
1872. Cohen, Dis. Throat, 43. The wound left after laryngotomy or tracheotomy.
Hence Laryngotomic a., pertaining to or of the nature of laryngotomy.
In some mod. Dicts.
