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Medical Definition of Tonsillotome
1. An instrument, sometimes modelled after a guillotine, for use in cutting away a portion or all of a hypertrophied tonsil. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Tomos, cutting (05 Mar 2000)
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1. An instrument, sometimes modelled after a guillotine, for use in cutting away a portion or all of a hypertrophied tonsil. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Tomos, cutting (05 Mar 2000)