tonsil

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.
  2. Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

sinonimi

tonsilla

third tonsil

tonsilla palatina

Luschka’s tonsil

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈtɒn.səl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Late 16th century borrowing from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).

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