tonsillectomy
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of tonsillectomy
1900–05; < Latin tōnsill ( ae ) tonsils + -ectomy
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It got so bad, she says, that she pondered whether to stay a hotel for a few weeks just to recover from a tonsillectomy.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024
In December 2013, three days after hemorrhaging and going into cardiac arrest following a complex tonsillectomy, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was declared brain dead.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2023
She almost died after a botched tonsillectomy in elementary school — the surgeon did not properly close a wound — an experience that inspired her interest in pediatrics.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Even very good policies may cover little if the tonsillectomy is viewed as an elective procedure.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018
Mother had waited in Dr. Burton’s ante-room while the tonsillectomy was being performed.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Dorinnia Carville said about 12,000 operations, which include tummy tucks and tonsillectomies, were carried out in 2023-24 without any assurance they complied with government policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
For part of the 20th century, tonsillectomies were the country’s most-performed operation, with tonsils once seen as “portals of infection.”
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2023
Procedures that were once the bread-and-butter of pediatric wings of hospitals, such as tonsillectomies, are now routinely performed on an outpatient basis.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
But bodies go through irreversible changes all the time, from puberty and aging to appendectomies and tonsillectomies.
From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2021
Unfortunately, tonsillectomies are largely regarded as elective by insurance companies.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018
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