tonsillectomy
扁桃腺摘出術
解説 Definition
扁桃腺を外科的に除去する医学的手術。扁桃腺摘出。
A tonsillectomy is a medical operation to remove a person's tonsils. The word is used in healthcare and everyday discussion about treatment, especially when someone has repeated throat problems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
長く見えますが、まず語尾の -ectomy を「外科で何かを切り取る手術」の印として覚えると一気に楽です。appendectomy などを見たことがあれば同じ型。残る tonsil が扁桃腺なので、tonsil + ectomy で「扁桃腺を取る手術」と分解できます。病名ではなく手術名で、undergo a tonsillectomy / have a tonsillectomy の形がよく出ます。子どもの反復性扁桃炎や睡眠時無呼吸の話題で見かけやすく、tonsillitis（扁桃炎）と混同しないのがコツです。
Break the word into `tonsil` + `-ectomy`. The ending `-ectomy` is a strong memory clue because it appears in surgery words meaning something is cut out, like `appendectomy`. So if you know `tonsil`, the whole word becomes easy to rebuild. Also remember it is a surgery name, not the illness `tonsillitis`.
例文
Tonsillectomy relieves frequent throat infections.
扁桃腺摘出術は頻繁な喉の感染を緩和します。
Children sometimes undergo tonsillectomy for health reasons.
子供は時々健康上の理由で扁桃腺摘出術を受けます。
Post-tonsillectomy recovery requires proper care.
扁桃腺摘出術後の回復は適切なケアが必要です。
tonsillectomy の類義語・関連語
tonsillectomy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tonsil はラテン語 tonsillae「扁桃」、-ectomy はギリシャ語 ektome「切り取ること」に由来します。appendectomy や mastectomy も同じ -ectomy を持ち、tonsillectomy が「扁桃を切除する術式」だと語の形だけで読めます。
Tonsillectomy is built from Latin tonsillae, meaning "tonsils," and Greek ektome, meaning a cutting out. The second part became the medical ending -ectomy in English. So the word developed as a learned medical term for the surgical removal of the tonsils. Related words include appendectomy and mastectomy.
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