tonsil
/ˈtɒns(ə)l
/ /ˈtɒnsɪl /noun
Either of two small masses of lymphoid tissue in the throat, one on each side of the root of the tongue.Oral cancers occur in the mouth and the back of the throat, the tonsil, tongue, lip and voice box....
- Sometimes surgery is needed to remove tonsils or extra tissue from the throat.
- The major parts of the system are the bone marrow, spleen, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and the tonsils.
Derivatives
tonsillar
- There was cerebral edema with slight uncal and cerebellar tonsillar prominence without frank herniation.
- Clinically, the patient had an extensive ulcerating tonsillar tumour involving the right-sided soft palate, posterior buccal mucosa and posterior tongue base.
- Obesity, tonsillar hypertrophy, neuromuscular disease, and a craniopharyngeal anomaly are risk factors present during wakefulness but do not invariably produce obstructive sleep apnea.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French tonsilles or Latin tonsillae (plural).