Tonsil

Ton′sil

,

Noun.

[L.

tonsill

[GREEK], 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.

Tonsil

TON'SIL

,

Noun.

[L. tonsilloe. This word seems to be formed from tonsus, tondeo,to clip.] In anatomy, a glandular body at the passage from the mouth to the pharynx. The tonsils are called also from their shape, amygdaloe, and in popular language, almonds. The tonsils have several excretory ducts opening into the mouth.

TON'SIL

,

Adj.

That may be clipped.

tonsil

See also: tonsils

English

Noun

tonsil ‎(plural tonsils)

(anatomy, immunology) Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.
(anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.

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tonsilla

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palatine tonsil

Albanian: bajame (sq)
Arabic: لَوْزَة f ‎(lawza)
Armenian: նշիկ (hy) ‎(nšik), նշագեղձ (hy) ‎(nšagełj), (colloquial) գլանդ ‎(gland)
Bulgarian: сливица f ‎(slívica)
Catalan: amígdala (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁桃體 (zh), 扁桃体 (zh) ‎(biǎntáotǐ), 扁桃腺 (zh) ‎(biǎntáoxiàn)
Czech: krční mandle (cs) f
Danish: mandel (da) c
Dutch: keelamandel (nl), tonsill
Esperanto: tonsilo
Finnish: nielurisa (fi)
French: amygdale (fr) f
German: Mandel (de) f, Tonsille f
Greek: αμυγδαλή (el) f ‎(amygdalí)
Hebrew: שָׁקֵד (he) ‎(shakéd)
Hindi:
Hungarian: mandula (hu)
Ido: tonsilo (io)
Italian: tonsilla (it) f
Japanese: 扁桃腺 ‎(へんとうせん, hentōsen)
Korean: 구개편도 ‎(gugaepyeondo)

Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاڵوو ‎(alu)
Latin: tonsillae f pl
Navajo: akááz
Norwegian:

Bokmål: mandel (no) m

Nynorsk: mandel m
Polish: migdałek (pl) m
Portuguese: tonsila (pt) f, amígdala (pt) f
Romanian: amigdală (ro) f
Romansch: mandel m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), mandla f (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
Russian: гла́нда (ru) f ‎(glánda), миндалеви́дная железа́ f ‎(mindalevídnaja železá), минда́лина (ru) f ‎(mindálina)
Slovene:
Spanish: amígdala (es) f, amígdala palatina (es) f
Swedish: tonsill (sv) c, halsmandel (sv) c
Tagalog: gutil, diris
Turkish: bademcik (tr)
Ukrainian: мигда́лик m ‎(myhdályk)
Vietnamese:
Volapük: slugamügdal (vo)

any of the lymphoid masses

Bulgarian: сливица f ‎(slívica)
Czech: mandle (cs) f
Finnish: risa (fi)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاڵوو ‎(alu)

Russian: гла́нда (ru) f ‎(glánda)
Spanish: amígdala (es)

References

tonsil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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