tonsillotomy

American

[ton-suh-lot-uh-mee] / ˌtɒn səˈlɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.

tonsillotomy British

/ ˌtɒnsɪˈlɒtəmɪ /

noun

surgical incision into one or both of the palatine tonsils, usually followed by removal (tonsillectomy)

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Noun Inflected Forms

tonsillotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of tonsillotomy

1895–1900; < Latin tōnsill ( ae ) tonsils + -o- + -tomy

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In only a small number of cases the disease has an even shorter period of incubation than this, as when tonsillotomy or a similar operation is undertaken during the prevalence of an epidemic.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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