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adenoidectomy

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adenoidectomy [ˌædɪnɔɪˈdɛktəmɪ]
n pl -mies
(Medicine / Surgery) surgical removal of the adenoids
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Noun1.adenoidectomy - surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy
ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue


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(4,7,9,10) Indeed, adenoidectomy and other inflammatory insults to the area have been implicated, albeit inconclusively, as mechanisms by which a pharyngeal bursa initially becomes obstructed, leading to the formation of a Tornwaldt's cyst from what was once just a potential space?
In a nine-country study, children in daycare were more likely to have a history of poor hearing, tympanostomy tubes, tonsillectomy, or adenoidectomy.
Children with recurrent ear infections that antibiotics don't allay might benefit more from minor surgery to implant tubes that ventilate the middle ear, Paradise suggests, than from the major surgery of tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy.
 
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