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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

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.

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