tonsillectomy
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- noun
- /ˌtɑn.sɪˈlɛk.tə.mi/
- Specialized
- The doctor explained that a tonsillectomy could help relieve her child's frequent throat infections.
- undergo tonsillectomy
- tonsillectomy bleeding
- post-tonsillectomy
Examples
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In 1903, Dr. Charles Robertson of Chicago reviewed various techniques for tonsillectomy in use at the time.
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Most of the symptoms are reversible after relief of the upper airway obstruction by tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
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There has been much debate about which of the several methods of tonsillectomy is best.
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They were supposed to check in for a tonsillectomy.
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One of the more important risks of tonsillectomy is postoperative bleeding.
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You know, at least 90 percent of all tonsillectomies are totally unnecessary.
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Yet outpatient tonsillectomy was also unheard of at one time, and it is now routine.
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All patients who had undergone tonsillectomy, with or without adenoidectomy, between 1982 and 2000 were identified.
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In summary, TWF tonsillectomy is a safe, effective, and relatively easy method of removing tonsils.
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Patients who undergo scissors tonsillectomy are prepped in the standard fashion and administered general anesthesia.
Academic text (2002)
How Invasive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tonsillectomy breaks into tonsil, the small glands at the back of the throat, and -ectomy, a Greek part meaning 'cutting out' and seen in words like appendectomy. So a tonsillectomy is the operation to 'cut out' the tonsils.