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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Surgical incision of a tonsil.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In surgery, excision of the tonsils.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun surgery The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.

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