tonsillectomyn.
/tɒnsɪˈlɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Removal of the tonsils.
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adenotomy1777
tonsillotomy1876
thyrotomy1880
thyroidectomy1889
thyroidotomy1890
parotidectomy1893
adenoidectomy1899
parathyroidectomy1899
tonsillectomy1899
thymectomy1905
thyrochondrotomy1911
adenotonsillectomy1916
thyroparathyroidectomy1920
T. & A.1942
1899 Jrnl. 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?
1912 Med. Ann. 539 The average tonsillectomy is attended by much more pain than tonsillotomy.
1932 Oxf. Times 23 Sept. 22/7 It would be a mistake to suppose that tonsilectomy..is indicated only where there is throat trouble.
1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xvii. 164 He could come through other people's tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress.
1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 43/2 They told him he was going to the circus but instead took him for a tonsillectomy.
Derivatives
tonsillectome n. an instrument for performing this.
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1913 Med. Ann. 636 Tonsillectome.—This instrument..has been designed by Dr. O'Malley as a modification of the instrument designed by Ballenge of Chicago.
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