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Tonsillectomy, or, tonsilectomy. Both spellings are OK.

Tonsil + ectomy = Tonsil(s) + ΕΚΤΟΜΗ (a Greek word, meaning "descission", splitting (De+scission. The word is transcribed as: decision in English.)

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