tonsiln.

/ˈtɒnsɪl/

Forms: Usually in plural tonsils

/ˈtɒnsɪlz/. Also 1600s -ell.

Etymology: < Latin tonsillae (plural); compare French tonsilles (Paré, 16th cent., 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.

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of throat > tonsils

almonda1400

amygdal?1541

paristhmia1578

tonsil1601

amygdala1749

testis1775

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. Proeme 146 Ulcers that happen in moist parts, and namely those of the mouth, Tonsils or Almond-kernels on either side of the throat.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1022 The glandulous parts or kernelles called tonsells.

1776 Cruikshank in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 183 The tonsils were considerably inflamed.

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. 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.

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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > lobe or lobule

nates?1545

lobe1672

testis1681

vermiform process1836

olfactory lobe1837

island of Reil1840

rhinencephalon1846

worm1857

precuneus1879

insula1886

vermis1890

tonsil1891

1891 in Cent. Dict.

1899 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

3. abdominal tonsil: a name sometimes applied to the lymphatic tissue of the appendix vermiformis.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

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1767 B. Gooch Pract. 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.

1898 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. 9 349 There may also..be a difference in proneness to tonsil affections in different races.

Draft additions June 2007

tonsil hockey n. humorous (originally U.S.) passionate kissing; deep or French kissing; ‘making out’; frequently in to play tonsil hockey: to engage in this.

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1986 UNC-CH Slang (typescript) (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill: Eng. 36 class) Fall 5 Tonsil hockey, passionate kissing.

1995 Guardian 5 June 13 Getting his tongue caught in his girlfriend's braces during bouts of tonsil hockey.

2003 D. Levithan Boy meets Boy 83 A couple of weeks later you're in the halls playing tonsil hockey with Mary Anne McAllister.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tonsil
释义	tonsiln. /ˈtɒnsɪl/ Forms: Usually in plural tonsils /ˈtɒnsɪlz/. Also 1600s -ell. Etymology: < Latin tonsillae (plural); compare French tonsilles (Paré, 16th cent., 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. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of throat > tonsils almonda1400 amygdal?1541 paristhmia1578 tonsil1601 amygdala1749 testis1775 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. Proeme 146 Ulcers that happen in moist parts, and namely those of the mouth, Tonsils or Almond-kernels on either side of the throat. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1022 The glandulous parts or kernelles called tonsells. 1776 Cruikshank in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 183 The tonsils were considerably inflamed. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > lobe or lobule nates?1545 lobe1672 testis1681 vermiform process1836 olfactory lobe1837 island of Reil1840 rhinencephalon1846 worm1857 precuneus1879 insula1886 vermis1890 tonsil1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1899 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 3. abdominal tonsil: a name sometimes applied to the lymphatic tissue of the appendix vermiformis. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1767 B. Gooch Pract. 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. 1898 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. 9 349 There may also..be a difference in proneness to tonsil affections in different races. Draft additions June 2007 tonsil hockey n. humorous (originally U.S.) passionate kissing; deep or French kissing; ‘making out’; frequently in to play tonsil hockey: to engage in this. ΚΠ 1986 UNC-CH Slang (typescript) (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill: Eng. 36 class) Fall 5 Tonsil hockey, passionate kissing. 1995 Guardian 5 June 13 Getting his tongue caught in his girlfriend's braces during bouts of tonsil hockey. 2003 D. Levithan Boy meets Boy 83 A couple of weeks later you're in the halls playing tonsil hockey with Mary Anne McAllister. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1601
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