Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHAR-YN-GOT'O-MY
PHAR-YN-GOT'O-MY, n. [Gr. φαρυγξ, the muscular am glandular bag that leads to the esophagus, and τεμνω, to cut.]
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx to remove a tumor or any thing that obstructs the passage. – Coxe.
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