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Definitions of tonsil:
  • noun:   either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
  • name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49003)



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Alternative Terms
diffuse lymphoid pharynx tonsils lymphocyte tonsillitis palatine soft-palate tonsillar crypt swelling adenoid lymphatic-system tongue cerebellum cerebellar-tonsil throat infection immune-system upper-respiratory-tract-infection epithelium capsule-anatomy pseudostratified-epithelium respiratory-epithelium squamous-epithelium lingual-tonsil terminal-sulcus-tongue waldeyer-s-tonsillar-ring puberty atrophy tonsillectomy tubal-tonsil tonsillolith emedicine head-and-neck-anatomy occipital-lymph-nodes mastoid-lymph-nodes parotid-lymph-nodes preauricular-deep-parotid-lymph-nodes buccinator-lymph-node submandibular-lymph-nodes submental-lymph-nodes retropharyngeal-lymph-nodes cervical-lymph-nodes superficial-cervical-lymph-nodes superior-deep-cervical-lymph-nodes inferior-deep-cervical-lymph-nodes supraclavicular-lymph-nodes virchow-s-node paratracheal-lymph-nodes jugular-trunk amygdalolith tonsillotomy tonsillo guillotine peritonsillar tonsilitis tonsilotome