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TONSILLECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonsillectomy mean?
• TONSILLECTOMY (noun)
The noun TONSILLECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
Familiarity information: TONSILLECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tonsillectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
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