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Tonsil [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may be clipped.

Tonsil [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In anatomy, a glandular body at the passage from the mouth to the pharynx. The tonsils are called also from their shape, amygdaloe, and in popular language, almonds. The tonsils have several excretory ducts opening into the mouth.

Tonsil [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.

Tonsilar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.

Tonsile [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being clipped.

Tonsilitic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tonsilar.

Tonsilitis [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.

Tonsillitis Encyclopedia Britannica

TONSILLITIS. See Throat Diseases.

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Tonsilotome [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An instrument for removing the tonsils.

Tonsilotomy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.