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Tonsil   /tˌɑnsəl/   Listen
Tonsil

noun
1.
Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.  Synonyms: faucial tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsilla.



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Luschka's tonsil
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"Tonsil" Quotes from Famous Books



... grasp. Half closing it, she swam directly toward the monster into whose widening throat she thrust the sharp-pointed instrument, in, in, until I thought she herself would follow it. And then, as she had intended, the point pierced the wak-wak's tonsil. ...
— The Cruise of the Kawa • Walter E. Traprock


Words linked to "Tonsil" :   nasopharynx, lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue


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