"tonsillectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tonsillectomy.wav [US] Forms: tonsillectomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəmi Etymology: Etymology tree English tonsil Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English tonsillectomy From tonsil + -ectomy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tonsil|-ectomy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English tonsil Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English tonsillectomy [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "a cutting out of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to cut out", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "out", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₁eǵʰs", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éǵʰ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éǵʰs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*eks", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐκ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐκ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "to cut", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to cut", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*temh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "nasal infix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-né-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τέμνω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐκτέμνω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal noun suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ᾱ", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-η", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "verbal noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐκτομή", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ectomy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tonsillectomy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tonsillectomy"> From tonsil + -ectomy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tonsillectomy (plural tonsillectomies)
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy. Derived forms: tonsillectomize Translations (surgical removal of tonsils): amigdalectomia [feminine] (Catalan), amigdalotomia [feminine] (Catalan), 扁桃體切除手術 /扁桃体切除手术 (biǎntáotǐ qiēchú shǒushù) (Chinese Mandarin), tonzilektomie [feminine] (Czech), tonsillektomi [common-gender] (Danish), ޓޮންސިލް ނެގުން (ṭon̊sil negun̊) (Dhivehi), tonsillectomie [feminine] (Dutch), tonsillektomia (Finnish), nielurisojen typistysleikkaus (Finnish), tonsillectomie [feminine] (French), amygdalectomie [feminine] (French), amigdalectomía [feminine] (Galician), tonsilectomía [feminine] (Galician), Tonsillektomie [feminine] (German), αμυγδαλεκτομή (amygdalektomí) [feminine] (Greek), נִתּוּחַ שְׁקֵדִים (nitúakh shkedím) [masculine] (Hebrew), tonsilektomi (Indonesian), tonsillectomia (Interlingua), céislíneachtóime [feminine] (Irish), tonsillectomia [feminine] (Italian), 扁桃摘出術 (hentō tekishutsu-jutsu) (alt: へんとうてきしゅつじゅつ) (Japanese), 扁桃腺摘出術 (hentōsen tekishutsu-jutsu) (alt: へんとうせんてきしゅつじゅつ) (Japanese), tonsillectomia [feminine] (Latin), tonzilektomija [feminine] (Lithuanian), тонзилектомија (tonzilektomija) [feminine] (Macedonian), тонзилэктоми (tonzilektomi) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tonsillektomi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tonsillektomi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tonsillektomia [feminine] (Polish), amigdalectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), tonsilectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), тонзиллэктоми́я (tonzillɛktomíja) [feminine] (Russian), тонзилекто̀мија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tonzilektòmija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tonzilektómia [feminine] (Slovak), tonzilektomija [feminine] (Slovene), amigdalectomía [feminine] (Spanish), tonsillektomi [common-gender] (Swedish), alisgutil (Tagalog), тонзилектомія (tonzylektomija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tonsilectomi [masculine] (Welsh)
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonsillektomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amigdalectomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonsilectomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "tonzillɛktomíja",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тонзиллэктоми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тонзилекто̀мија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonzilektòmija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonzilektómia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonzilektomija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amigdalectomía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tonsillektomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "word": "alisgutil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "tonzylektomija",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тонзилектомія"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "surgical removal of tonsils",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tonsilectomi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonsillectomy"
}

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