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Definition: Tonsillectomy |
TonsillectomyNoun1. Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Tonsillectomy |
| English words defined with "tonsillectomy": adenoidectomy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tonsillectomy": tonsillotome. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Most tonsillectomies are performed on children, and there is some debate among pediatricians about the value of this surgery. In some cases, the tonsils grow back after being removed.
See also: chronic tonsillitis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tonsillectomy."
| "Tonsillectomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Tonsillectomy" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "tonsillectomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heqje e bajameve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستئصال اللوزتين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вадене на сливиците, опериране на сливиците. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 扁桃"切除术. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tonsillektomi (amygdalectomy), fjernelse af mandler (amygdalectomy), amygdalektomi (amygdalectomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tonsillectomie (amygdalectomy), antiotoma (amygdalectomy), amygdalectomie (amygdalectomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | عمل لوزه , دراوردن لوزتین بوسیله عمل جراحی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tonsillektomia (amygdalectomy), nielurisojen poisto (amygdalectomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amygdalectomie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rachenmandelentfernung (amygdalectomy), Entfernung der Mandeln (amygdalectomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκτομή των αμυγδαλών (amygdalectomy), αμυγδαλεκτομή (amygdalectomy), αμυγδαλεκτομία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כריתת "שק"ים, תוח שק"ים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mandulamûtét, mandulaeltávolítás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tonsillectomia (amygdalectomy), amigdalectomia (amygdalectomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsillectomytay amigdalectomia (amygdalectomy). (various references) удаление миндалин. (various references) vađenje krajnika. (various references) amigdalectomía (amygdalectomy). (various references) tonsillektomi (amygdalectomy), amygdalektomi (amygdalectomy). (various references) bademcik ameliyatı. (various references) тонзилектомія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Tonsillectomy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toncillectomy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tonsillectomy" (pronounced tÄ'nsule"ktumē) |
| 6 | -e" k t u m ē | appendectomy, hysterectomies, hysterectomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, prostatectomy, vasectomy. |
| 4 | -t u m ē | anatomy, dichotomy, epitome, keratotomy. |
| 3 | -u m ē | academy, alchemy, anomie, Archenemy, astronomy, autonomy, blasphemy, economy, enemy, gastronomy, infamy, monogamy, polygamy, sesame, sodomy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: monostelic, semicolony, toilsomely. | |
-4 letters: cotillons, economist, millstone, monocytes, monostely, mylonites, noisomely, semicolon, solemnity, tectonism, testimony. | |
-5 letters: centimos, colonels, colonies, colonise, colonist, comelily, coonties, cotillon, cytosine, eclosion, emotions, lections, looniest, melilots, moltenly, monocles, monocyte, mooniest, moonlets, motliest, mylonite, myotonic, oilstone, oinomels, otiosely, silently, simoleon, snootily, snottily, solemnly, stenotic, stillmen, stolonic, telsonic, tenotomy, timolols, tinselly. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: monotheistically. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)T o n s i l l e c t o m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006E 0073 0069 006C 006C 0065 0063 0074 006F 006D 0079 |
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