Term: adenoidectomy
Origin: Anc Greek αδήν/aden(=gland, tube) + -είδος/eidos(=form, type) + τομή/tome(=cutting)
Coined: by the Danish physician Wilhelm Meyer (1824-1895) in Copenhagen in 1868 who first performed adenoidectomy
Definition:
The surgical removal of the adenoids
History and Etymology of Biological / Biochemical / Medical Terms
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