tonsillectomy

American  

[ton-suh-lek-tuh-mee] / ˌtɒn səˈlɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

tonsillectomies plural

1. the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.

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tonsillectomy British  

/ ˌtɒnsɪˈlɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical removal of the palatine tonsils

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tonsillectomy Scientific  

/ tŏn′sə-lĕk′tə-mē /

1. Surgical removal of the tonsils.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tonsillectomies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tonsillectomy

1900–05; < Latin tōnsill ( ae ) tonsils + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are actually mainstay treatments for children with sleep apnea—generally not for adults.

From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023

The Doctors Tonsillectomy complication; recipes for people on a budget; earwax removal video; squash; mom hack.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2018

She kept notes throughout the period and her resulting paper A Mother's Observations on Her Four-Year-Old Daughter's Tonsillectomy was published in the journal the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child and in the Nursing Times.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

Tenor's Tonsillectomy Singing at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House leaves many a tenor with a swollen head but Tenor Tito Schipa who lately finished his first season there was left with swollen tonsils.

From Time Magazine Archive

Subsequent visits, $5. &para; Obstetrical delivery with no complications: $175. &para; Appendectomy: $175 &para; Electrocardiogram: $15. &para; Gallstone operation: $250. &para; Tonsillectomy: $75. &para; Broken wrist: $75.

From Time Magazine Archive