tonsillectomy: Meaning and Definition of

ton•sil•lec•to•my

Pronunciation: (ton"su-lek'tu-mē), [key]
— pl. -mies.
  1. the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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