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Tonsillectomy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Surgical removal of tonsils or a tonsil.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The operation of removing the tonsils; -- formerly also called tonsilotomy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy

Word Usage

"The fact that the largely discredited operation of tonsillectomy is still being done does not necessarily mean that it is performed because of the fee it brings."

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Variant

tonsilotomy

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