tonsillectomy

noun, plural ton·sil·lec·to·mies. Surgery.

1. the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.

noun plural -mies

1. surgical removal of the palatine tonsils

n.

1899, from tonsil + -ectomy. A hybrid with a Greek ending. A correct formation all from Greek would be amygdalectomy.

n.

1. Surgical removal of tonsils or a tonsil.

1. Surgical removal of the tonsils.