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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tonsillectomy has 1 sense

• tonsillectomy(n = noun.act) - surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy;
is a kind of ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation

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THESAURUS

tonsillectomy

adenoidectomy, appendectomy, arteriectomy, castration, cholecystectomy, craniectomy, cricoidectomy, cystectomy, enterectomy, gastrectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, hysterectomy, mammectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, nephrectomy, omphalectomy, oophorectomy, oophorocystectomy, orchidectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy, penectomy, pericardiectomy, phrenicectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, stapedectomy, ureterectomy, urethrectomy, vasectomy, venectomy

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