tonsillotomy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tonsil

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der.

English -tomy

English -otomy

English tonsillotomy

From tonsil + -otomy.

Noun

tonsillotomy (plural tonsillotomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.

Translations

surgical procedure

• Finnish: nielurisaleikkaus (fi)
• Greek: αμυγδαλοτομία (el) f (amygdalotomía)