Term: tracheostomy: a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: pachycephala: arboreal insectivorous birds
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: wake-up call: a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: bank examiner: an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: peri: (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: aftershock: a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: genus coryphantha: mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: wood spurge: European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: motor oil: oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: jus soli: the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: ritz: an ostentatiously elegant hotel