Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BRON-CHOT'O-MY
BRON-CHOT'O-MY, n. [Gr. βρογχος, the wind-pipe, and τομη, a cutting.]
An incision into the wind-pipe or larynx, between the rings; called also Tracheotomy. – Quincy. Coxe.
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