Editing Tracheotomy (section)

==Etymology and terminology==
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The [[etymology]] of the word ''tracheotomy'' comes from two [[Greek language|Greek]] words: the [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''tom-'' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] τομή ''tomḗ'') meaning "to cut", and the word ''trachea'' (from Greek τραχεία ''tracheía'').<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Romaine F. Johnson |date=6 March 2003 |url=http://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/03_06_03.htm |title=Adult Tracheostomy |publisher=Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, [[Baylor College of Medicine]] |location=Houston, Texas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517073046/http://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/03_06_03.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 }}</ref> The word ''tracheostomy'', including the root ''stom-'' (from Greek στόμα ''stóma'') meaning "mouth", refers to the making of a semi-permanent or permanent opening and to the opening itself. Some sources offer different definitions of the above terms. Part of the ambiguity is due to the uncertainty of the intended permanence of the [[Stoma (medicine)|stoma]] (hole) at the time it is created.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|author1=Jonathan P Lindman |author2=Charles E Morgan |date=7 June 2010|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/865068-overview|title=Tracheostomy|publisher=WebMD}}</ref>