tonsillectomy

IPA: tɑnsɪɫˈɛktʌmi

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

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In Canada, gynecological surgery is a four - to 12-week wait, a tonsillectomy is a three - to
It also did not determine the exact mechanism that may cause weight gain after a tonsillectomy.
At a hospital, the accused mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole was recovering from a tonsillectomy.
You cannot walk out of a drug store or medical clinic with a bag containing a "medical service," like a tonsillectomy.
A tonsillectomy is a good idea if your child has had a severe case of tonsillitis several times, because it will prevent any future rounds of the disease.
The fact that the largely discredited operation of tonsillectomy is still being done does not necessarily mean that it is performed because of the fee it brings.
Most of the others gained as well, but in lesser amounts, although youths who were the most obese at the start neither gained nor lost weight after a tonsillectomy.
When my eight-year-old nephew, Andrew, underwent a tonsillectomy, I sent him a Pittsburgh Steelers box of tissues along with the story of my tonsillectomy, the hospital box of tissues, and the grandfather he never knew.