tonsillectomy
Meaning of tonsillectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.
Information about tonsillectomy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tonsillectomy is: tonsillectomies.
- Languages in which tonsillectomy is used:
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Hyphenation of tonsillectomy
ton-sil-lec-tomy
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- tonsillectomy is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of tonsillectomy
- French: amygdalectomie, tonsillectomie
- Spanish: amigdalectomía
- Italian: tonsillectomia
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