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tonsil

/ton-suhl/US // ˈtɒn səl //UK // (ˈtɒnsəl) //

扁桃腺,扁桃体,扁穴,扁桃仁

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Anatomy.

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

Examples

  • Smaller tonsils mean a smaller chance of those tonsils getting infected.

  • The tonsils are part of the immune system, which protects the body against illness.

  • Swann wrote that he first experienced leaving his body at the age of three, during an operation to remove his tonsils.

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

  • Tonsil, ton′sil, n. one of two glands at the root of the tongue, so named from its shape.

  • Sometimes only one tonsil is so affected, but the other is likely to become inflamed also.

  • The spots represent discharge which fills in the depressions in the tonsil.

  • A mucous patch appeared on one tonsil as well as further syphilitic papules from which spirochetes were obtained.

  • Only those studies in which were included adenoids and tonsil conditions will be reviewed here.