"tonsillotomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonsillotomies [plural]
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  1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil. Translations (surgical procedure): nielurisaleikkaus (Finnish), αμυγδαλοτομία (amygdalotomía) [feminine] (Greek)

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