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tonsil|ˈtɒnsɪl|
Usually in pl. tonsils |ˈtɒnsɪlz|. Also 7 -ell.
[ad. L. tonsillæ (pl.); cf. F. tonsilles (Paré, 16th c., les tonsilles ou amygdales).]
1. Each of two oval lymphoid glands situated one on each side of the fauces between the anterior and posterior arches.
1601Holland Pliny xxiii. Proem 146 Ulcers that happen in moist parts, and namely those of the mouth, Tonsils or Almond-kernels on either side of the throat. 1603― Plutarch's Mor. 1022 The glandulous parts or kernelles called tonsells. 1776Cruikshank in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 183 The tonsils were considerably inflamed. 1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 238 The tonsil is a collection of mucous follicles, situated between the pillars of the soft palate, above the side of the tongue, and below the velum.
2. Each of the two lobes of the cerebellum; also called amygdala.
1891in Cent. Dict. 1899in Syd. Soc. Lex.
3. abdominal tonsil: a name sometimes applied to the lymphatic tissue of the appendix vermiformis.
4. attrib. and Comb.
1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 425 The operation [was] easily performed, with an instrument a little more curved than a tonsil-needle, having an eye towards the point. 1898J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. IX. No. 36. 349 There may also..be a difference in proneness to tonsil affections in different races.
▸ tonsil hockey n. humorous (orig. U.S.) passionate kissing; deep or French kissing; ‘making out’; freq. in to play tonsil hockey: to engage in this.
1986UNC-CH Slang (typescript) (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill: Eng. 36 class) Fall 5 *Tonsil hockey, passionate kissing. 1995Guardian 5 June 13 Getting his tongue caught in his girlfriend's braces during bouts of tonsil hockey. 2003D. Levithan Boy meets Boy 83 A couple of weeks later you're in the halls playing tonsil hockey with Mary Anne McAllister. |