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tonsillotomy

[ ton-suh-lot-uh-mee ]

noun

Surgery.
plural tonsillotomies.
  1. incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.


tonsillotomy

/ 藢迟蓲苍蝉瑟藞濒蓲迟蓹尘瑟 /

noun

  1. surgical incision into one or both of the palatine tonsils, usually followed by removal (tonsillectomy)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tonsillotomy1

1895鈥1900; < Latin 迟艒苍蝉颈濒濒 ( ae ) tonsils + -o- + -tomy
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In only a small number of cases the disease has an even shorter period of incubation than this, as when tonsillotomy or a similar operation is undertaken during the prevalence of an epidemic.

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She was given the A.C.E. mixture by Mr. McCardie, one of the an忙sthetists to the institution, and tonsillotomy was performed.

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Such operations as tracheotomy, tonsillotomy, bronchotomy, staphylotomy, etc., were performed by him, and he even advocated and described puncture of the abdominal cavity, giving careful directions as to the location in which such punctures should be made.

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