Definitions for tonsil

tonsil ton·sil

Spelling: [ton-suh l]
IPA: /ˈtɒn səl/

Tonsil is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in tonsil (ilnost).

Definitions for tonsil

noun

  1. a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.

Origin of tonsil

First recorded in 1595-1605, tonsil is from the Latin word tōnsillae (plural) the tonsils

Examples for tonsil

Next came important work associating HPV with most of these new tongue and tonsil tumors.

The tonsil is swollen, and the mucous membrane of the palate and the palatine folds is congested and often tumefied.

The tonsil itself is moderately swollen and its mucous membrane hypermic.

Mesue recommends a heated scalpel of gold to excise the tonsil.

But that only raises the further question, What is a tonsil?

The tonsil group was composed of 236 cases, and the normal group, of 294.

It bursts above the tonsil at the angle between the two folds in the greater number of cases.

Occasionally there may be only one spot of white on the tonsil.

When the inflammation of the tonsil is due to rheumatism, it is rheumatic or constitutional tonsillitis.

When this is impracticable, ablation of the tonsil may be necessary.

Word Value for tonsil
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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