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1. (n.) tonsil
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L tōnsillae (pl.))
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1. (noun) tonsil, palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla
either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
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1. (noun) tonsil
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
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Sense: either of two lumps of tissue at the back of the throat
He had to have his tonsils (taken) out.
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 Afrikaans: mangels |
 Arabic: لَوْزَه، لَوْزَةُ الحَلْق |
 Bulgarian: сливица |
 Brazilian: amígdala |
 Czech: mandle |
 German: die Mandel |
 Danish: mandel |
 Greek: αμυγδαλή |
 Spanish: amígdala |
 Estonian: mandel |
 Farsi: لوزه |
 Finnish: nielurisa |
 French: amygdale |
 Hebrew: שָקֵד |
 Hindi: टॉन्सिल, गलतुण्डिका |
 Croatian: mandula, krajnik |
 Hungarian: mandula |
 Indonesian: tonsil |
 Icelandic: hálskirtill |
 Italian: tonsilla |
 Japanese: 扁桃腺 |
 Korean: 편도선 |
 Lithuanian: tonzilė, migdolas |
 Latvian: mandele (cilvēka orgāns) |
 Malay: tonsil |
 Dutch: amandel |
 Norwegian: mandel |
 Polish: migdałek |
 Persian: لوزه |
 Pashto: بغوټ، بغوټۍ، دستوني غړى، |
 Portuguese: amígdala |
 Romanian: amigdală |
 Russian: миндалина |
 Slovak: mandľa |
 Slovenian: mandelj |
 Serbian: krajnik |
 Swedish: halsmandel, tonsill |
 Thai: ต่อมทอนซิล |
 Turkish: bademcik |
 Taiwanese: 扁桃腺 |
 Ukrainian: мигдалеподібна залоза |
 Urdu: گلے کے غدود، لوزہ |
 Vietnamese: amiđan |
 Chinese: 扁桃腺 |
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