Crossword clues for tonsil
tonsil
- It sticks in your throat
- Lymphoid mass
- Uvula neighbor
- Tissue in the throat
- Throat tissue that's often removed during childhood
- Throat occupier
- Throat feature
- Something spoken of at oral exams
- Removable throat tissue
- Removable throat lump
- One of a pair of masses of tissue in the throat
- Neck tissue
- Lymphoid tissue mass
- Lymphoid lump
- Lymphatic tissue
- It might be removed with a guillotine
- Frequent basis for -itis or -ectomy
- Each one gradually undergoes atrophy after puberty
- Commonly removed throat tissue
- Body part that may be removed
- Adenoid, e.g
- It can be inflamed
- One down in the mouth
- Throat part
- Renal : kidney :: amygdaline : ___
- Lump in the throat
- Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
- Situs for an "itis"
- Mass of lymphoid tissue
- Kissing isn't silent? No worries
- Liston injured part of internal organ
- Personal matter of dubious value is not raised online
- Beginning to tire, school in terribly important, passionate game?
- Throat gland
- Throat tissue
- Adenoid neighbor
- It's down in the mouth
- Throat mass
- Pharynx neighbor
- It's stuck in your throat
- Pain in the neck, at times
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin tonsillae, tosillae (plural) "tonsils," diminutive of toles "goiter," which is perhaps of Gaulish origin. Related: Tonsils.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy immunology English) Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil. 2 (context anatomy immunology English) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.
WordNet
n. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx [syn: palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla]
Wikipedia
Tonsils are collections of lymphoid tissue facing into the aerodigestive tract. The set of lymphatic tissue known as Waldeyer's tonsillar ring includes the adenoid tonsil, two tubal tonsils, two palatine tonsils, and the lingual tonsil.
When used unqualified, the term most commonly refers specifically to the palatine tonsils, which are masses of lymphatic material situated at either side at the back of the human throat. The palatine tonsils and the nasopharyngeal tonsil are lymphoepithelial tissues located near the oropharynx and nasopharynx (parts of the throat).
Usage examples of "tonsil".
American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society, at the Old Royal Maison New Orleans.
A large sign in the lobby of the hotel directed him to the fifth-floor headquarters of the Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.
It is my, great honor, indeed my personal privilege, to introduce to you, my colleagues, Michaelangelo Fetterizzini, Fellow of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.
NEW ORLEANSThe American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society is holding their fifth annual convention this week in the Old Royal Maison New Orleans.
On the matter of the greatest medical importance, I must speak immediately with the head man of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.
Tickets for the Knights to attend the final, formal, farewell banquet of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society had been obtained for them, and Horsey wanted to make sure their appearance would bring prestige to the occasion.
Grand Ballroom of the Old Royal Maison New Orleans, Channel Fourteen brings you coverage of the final, formal, farewell banquet of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.
There was a visible and audible sigh of relief from the assembled fellows of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.
Gentle and friendly, like that tonsil doctor who used to visit the orphan asylum when Bingo was seven.
A second possibility arises from the fact that the thymus is composed of lymphoid tissue, very like that of the spleen, the tonsils, and the lymph nodes.
Apply this preparation to the enlarged tonsils twice a day, with a probang, or soft swab, being careful to paint them each time.
Again, the decoction makes a capital gargle for relaxed sore throat, and for sponginess of the mouth, of the tonsils, and the gums.
The tonsils become enlarged and exude a whitish purulent substance and the glands of the throat may become tender and swollen.
Second stage, swelling of tonsils, swallowing difficult, tongue white coated.
Acid condition of the stomach, creamy yellow mucus on tonsils and base of tongue.