tonsillectomy

American

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

noun

Surgery.

the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.

tonsillectomy British

/ ˌtɒnsɪˈlɛktəmɪ /

noun

surgical removal of the palatine tonsils

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tonsillectomy Scientific

/ tŏn′sə-lĕk′tə-mē /

Surgical removal of the tonsils.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

tonsillectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of tonsillectomy

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

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