Term: tonsillectomy: surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: stippler: a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect)
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: deadliness: the quality of being deadly
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: keratectasia: abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: malabsorption: abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: loofah: the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: gorilla: largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: famine: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: pressure: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: orinasal phone: a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)
Broader: ablation: surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Unrelated: call: a visit in an official or professional capacity