tonsil

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).

noun

  1. (anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.
  2. (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

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