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tonsillectomy Surg.|tɒnsɪˈlɛktəmɪ| Also tonsilectomy. [f. tonsil + -ectomy.] Removal of the tonsils.
1899Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 23 Sept. 768/2 What then are the general results of tonsillectomy, as compared with those obtained by the usual operation of tonsillotomy? 1932Oxford Times 23 Sept. 22/7 It would be a mistake to suppose that tonsilectomy..is indicated only where there is throat trouble. 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xvii. 164 He could come through other people's tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress. 1977Rolling Stone 16 June 43/2 They told him he was going to the circus but instead took him for a tonsillectomy. |