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pharyngotomy (medicine)


pharyngotomy
<procedure, surgery> The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage.

Scarification or incision of the tonsils.

Origin: Pharynx + Gr. To cut: cf. F. Pharyngotomie.

Source: Websters Dictionary