PHARYNGOT'OMY, noun [Gr. the muscular and glandular bag that leads to the esophagus, and to cut.]
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx to remove a tumor or any thing that obstructs the passage.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.