tonsilectomia

Portuguese

Etymology

From tonsila +‎ -ectomia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tõ.si.lek.toˈmi.ɐ/, /tõ.si.le.ki.toˈmi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tõ.si.lek.toˈmi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tõ.si.lɛ.ktuˈmi.ɐ/

Noun

tonsilectomia f (plural tonsilectomias)

(surgery) tonsillectomy (surgical removal of tonsils)
Synonym: amigdalectomia

Further reading

“tonsilectomia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“tonsilectomia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026