Dictionary entry

Pharyngotomy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Phar′yn‐got″o‐my (?), n. [Pharynx + Gr. � to cut: cf. F. pharyngotomie.] (Surg.) (a) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage. (b) Scarification or incision of the tonsils.