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An organ or structure thought to resemble an almond in shape. A palatine tonsil. Esp. in almond of the ear, almond of the throat. Cf. amygdal, n. 2…
With plural agreement. The tonsils.
Each of two oval lymphoid glands situated one on each side of the fauces between the anterior and posterior arches.
A tonsil (tonsil, n. 1). Usu. in pl. Cf. amygdal, n. 2a. Now rare or Obs.
transferred. plural. The tonsils. Obsolete.