Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Laryngotomy \Lar`yn*got"o*my\, n. [Gr. (?); (?), (?), the larynx
   + (?) to cut: cf. F. laryngotomie.] (Surg.)
   The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of
   the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for
   removing foreign bodies.