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Bronchotomy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Gr. [3poyxos, wind-pipe, and Teapecv, to cut), a medical term used to describe a surgical incision into the throat; now largely superseded by the terms laryngotomy, thyrotomy and tracheotomy, which indicate more accurately the place of incision.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bronchotomy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bronchotomy.html. 1910.