扁桃体切除术:一种外科手术,用于切除咽部两侧的扁桃体组织,常见原因包括反复扁桃体炎、扁桃体肥大导致呼吸或吞咽问题等。
/ˌtɑːn.səˈlɛk.tə.mi/
I had a tonsillectomy when I was eight.
我八岁时做过扁桃体切除术。
Because of recurrent infections and sleep apnea, the doctor recommended a tonsillectomy, followed by careful pain management during recovery.
由于反复感染和睡眠呼吸暂停,医生建议进行扁桃体切除术,并在术后恢复期进行细致的疼痛管理。
该词由 tonsil(扁桃体)+ -ectomy(“切除术”,表示外科切除的后缀,源自希腊语 ektomē,意为“切除”)构成,字面意思就是“扁桃体的切除手术”。