tracheostomy

noun

a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air

Roots

tracheiatrache- · Greek · windpipe oo- · Greek · connective vowel stomastom- · Greek · mouth, opening ia-y · Greek · act, process

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Where does tracheostomy come from?

The word tracheostomy breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: trache, from Greek tracheia (“windpipe”); o, from Greek o (“connective vowel”); stom, from Greek stoma (“mouth, opening”); and -y, from Greek ia (“act, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.