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tonsillectomy
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tonsillectomy
surgical removal of the palatine tonsils

tonsillectomy [‚tan·sə′lek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsil.


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We based our study on all tonsillectomies that had been performed at our hospital from January 1990 through December 2001.
In the year 1920 alone, the hospital recorded 4,201 X-ray films, 4,317 "ordinary" tooth extractions, and 542 tonsillectomies.
A French study of 4,000 children found that 28 percent of children in nonsmoking homes needed tonsillectomies; if one parent smoked, then 41 percent of the children needed such surgery; if both parents smoked, 51 percent of the children required tonsillectomies.
 
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