A tonsillectomy is a very simple procedure.
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Tonsillectomy
Synonyms for "tonsillectomy" (33 found)
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41 translations across 34 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- amigdalectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- amigdalotomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 扁桃體切除手術 /扁桃体切除手术 noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Czech
1 entries- tonzilektomie noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Danish
1 entries- tonsillektomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ޓޮންސިލް ނެގުން noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Dutch
1 entries- tonsillectomie noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Finnish
2 entries- nielurisojen typistysleikkaus noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- tonsillektomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
French
2 entries- amygdalectomie noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- tonsillectomie noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Galician
2 entries- amigdalectomía noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- tonsilectomía noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
German
1 entries- Tonsillektomie noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Greek
1 entries- αμυγδαλεκτομή noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Hebrew
1 entries- נִתּוּחַ שְׁקֵדִים noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Indonesian
1 entries- tonsilektomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Interlingua
1 entries- tonsillectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Irish
1 entries- céislíneachtóime noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Italian
1 entries- tonsillectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Japanese
2 entries- 扁桃摘出術 noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- 扁桃腺摘出術 noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Latin
1 entries- tonsillectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tonzilektomija noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Macedonian
1 entries- тонзилектомија noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Mongolian
1 entries- тонзилэктоми noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tonsillektomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tonsillektomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Polish
1 entries- tonsillektomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Portuguese
2 entries- amigdalectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- tonsilectomia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Russian
1 entries- тонзиллэктоми́я noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tonzilektòmija noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
- тонзилекто̀мија noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Slovak
1 entries- tonzilektómia noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Slovene
1 entries- tonzilektomija noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Spanish
1 entries- amigdalectomía noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Swedish
1 entries- tonsillektomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Tagalog
1 entries- alisgutil noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тонзилектомія noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
Welsh
1 entries- tonsilectomi noun (surgical removal of tonsils)
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Bonuck notes that some earlier studies tracked children for a shorter period of time, or were limited, for example, to tonsillectomy patients.
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