Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tonsil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tonsil \Ton"sil\, n. [L. tonsill?, pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ]
(Anat.)
One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the
sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the
{almonds}, from their shape.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tonsil
n : either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of
the oral pharynx [syn: {palatine tonsil}, {faucial tonsil},
{tonsilla}]
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