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(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma..
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Cricothyrotomy means (surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma..
Common synonyms include coniotomy, cricothyroidotomy, crike, intercricothyrotomy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use cricothyrotomy where its definition matches the intended context.
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