Adenoidectomy
Surgery. surgical removal of the .
noun (pl) -mies
surgical removal of the adenoids
adenoidectomy ad·e·noid·ec·to·my (ād’n-oi-děk’tə-mē)
n.
Surgical removal of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx.
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