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aˈmygdal ? Obs.
[ad. L. amygdal-a, a. Gr. ἀµυγδάλη an almond; probably continued and extended to sense 2, through the OFr. amygdale and med.L. amygdala a tonsil.]
†1. An almond. Obs.
c940Sax. Leechd. I. 104 And ᵹewyll hy wel mid amigdales ele. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3840 It [Aaron's rod] was grene and leaued bi-cumen, And nutes amigdeles ðor-onne numen.
2. pl.
a. The tonsils.
b. The almonds of the ears.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., The amygdales and faulses..are set behynde the tongue towarde the palays. 1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 59 It restraineth the mumps or inflamation of the Amygdales. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 10 Great swellings in the face, or in the amygdals and throat. [1843Wilkinson tr. Swedenb. Anim. Kingd. I. ii. 67 The amygdalæ are 2 glandular bodies of a reddish color.] |