combining form representing Gr. τράχηλος neck, occurring in modern scientific terms, chiefly of anatomy. Tracheloacromial a. and sb., name of a muscle connecting the acromion or extremity of the shoulder-blade with the vertebræ of the neck. Trachelobranchiate a., Zool. having branchia or gills on the neck, as the division Trachelobranchia of gastropod mollusks. Trachelobregmatic a. [BREGMA], denoting a diameter of the head: see quot. Tracheloclavicular a., denoting a small muscle occasionally connecting one of the vertebræ of the neck with the clavicle or collar-bone. Trachelomastoid a. and sb., name of a muscle at the back of the neck, connecting it with the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Trachelo-occipital a., connecting the neck and the occiput: applied to the muscle usually called complexus (COMPLEXUS2). Tracheloplasty [-PLASTY], Trachelorrhaphy [Gr. ῤαφή sewing], Surg., repair or suture of a laceration of the neck of the womb. Tracheloscapular a., common to the neck and scapular region or shoulder, as the branches of the external jugular vein. Trachelotomy Surg. [Gr. τομή cutting], amputation of the neck of the womb.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Trachelo-acromial.
1899. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Trachelobranchiate.
1857. Bullock, Cazeaux’ Midwif., 221. The vertical diameter, properly so called, or the *trachelo-bregmatic, traverses the head perpendicularly, passing from the most elevated point of the vertex to the anterior part of the occipital foramen.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Tracheloclavicular.
1899. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1840. G. V. Ellis, Anat., 136. The *trachelo-mastoid, the other muscle of prolongation to the longissimus, is situated internal to the transversalis colli.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Trachelo-occipital.
1899. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1890. Billings, Med. Dict., *Tracheloplasty, operation for closure of a laceration of the cervix uteri.
1886. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 2 Jan., 1/1. The deep laceration was repaired by *trachelorraphy, five stitches being used.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Tracheloscapular.
1899. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1890. Billings, Med. Dict., *Trachelotomy, amputation of the cervix uteri.
