tonsillectomy

English

Etymology

From tonsil +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
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Noun

tonsillectomy (plural tonsillectomies)

(surgery) The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.

Translations

surgical removal of tonsils

Catalan: amigdalectomia f, amigdalotomia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁桃體切除手術 / 扁桃体切除手术 (biǎntáotǐ qiēchú shǒushù)
Czech: tonzilektomie f
Danish: tonsillektomi c
Dhivehi: ޓޮންސިލް ނެގުން (ṭon̊sil negun̊)
Dutch: tonsillectomie (nl) f
Finnish: tonsillektomia, nielurisojen typistysleikkaus
French: tonsillectomie (fr) f, amygdalectomie (fr) f
Galician: amigdalectomía (gl) f, tonsilectomía (gl) f
German: Tonsillektomie (de) f
Greek: αμυγδαλεκτομή (el) f (amygdalektomí)
Hebrew: נִתּוּחַ שְׁקֵדִים m (nitúakh shkedím)
Indonesian: tonsilektomi
Interlingua: tonsillectomia
Irish: céislíneachtóime f
Italian: tonsillectomia (it) f
Japanese: 扁桃摘出術 (へんとうてきしゅつじゅつ, hentō tekishutsu-jutsu), 扁桃腺摘出術 (へんとうせんてきしゅつじゅつ, hentōsen tekishutsu-jutsu)
Latin: tonsillectomia f
Lithuanian: tonzilektomija f
Macedonian: тонзилектомија f (tonzilektomija)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тонзилэктоми (tonzilektomi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tonsillektomi m

Nynorsk: tonsillektomi m
Polish: tonsillektomia (pl) f
Portuguese: amigdalectomia f, tonsilectomia f
Russian: тонзиллэктоми́я (ru) f (tonzillɛktomíja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тонзилекто̀мија f

Roman: tonzilektòmija (sh) f
Slovak: tonzilektómia f
Slovene: tonzilektomija f
Spanish: amigdalectomía (es) f
Swedish: tonsillektomi c
Tagalog: alisgutil
Ukrainian: тонзилектомія f (tonzylektomija)
Welsh: tonsilectomi m

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