tonsil

2 definitions found

tonsil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tonsil \Ton"sil\, n. [L. tonsill?, pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ]
     (Anat.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

tonsil - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tonsil
      n 1: either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side
           of the oral pharynx [syn: tonsil, palatine tonsil,
           faucial tonsil, tonsilla]