TONSILS

Meaning of TONSILS in English

Note: The form 'tonsil' is used as a modifier.

Your ~ are the two small soft lumps in your throat at the back of your mouth.

N-PLURAL

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TONSILS — Note: The form 'tonsil' is used as a modifier. Your tonsils are the two small soft lumps in your throat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONSILS — [plural] [noun] - the two small soft organs at the back of the mouth
Cambridge English vocab
TONSILS — n. pl. Almonds, amygdalae .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TONSILS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TONSILS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ swollen VERB + TONSILS ▪ remove ▪ have out ▪ I had my ~ out when I …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONSILS — n. 1) enlarged; inflamed ~ 2) ( misc. ) to have one's ~ out/removed/taken out
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TONSILS — Small masses of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat, on either side of the throat.
English Dictionary of Medicine
WET ONE'S TONSILS — wet one's tonsils expr AmE sl I guess it's time to wet my tonsils Ну что ж, пора пропустить по …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TONSIL — Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the pharynx . The term usually refers to the palatine tonsils …
Английский словарь Британика
TONSILLAR — ˈtän(t)sələ(r) adjective or ton·sil·lary -səˌlerē Etymology: New Latin tonsillaris, from Latin tonsillae tonsils + -aris -ar : of, relating to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONSILLITIS — — tonsillitic /ton'seuh lit"ik/ , adj. /ton'seuh luy"tis/ , n. Pathol. inflammation of a tonsil or the tonsils. [ 1795-1805; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONSILLECTOMY — /ton'seuh lek"teuh mee/ , n. , pl. tonsillectomies . Surg. the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONSIL — noun Etymology: Latin tonsillae, plural, tonsils Date: 1601 1. : either of a pair of prominent masses of lymphoid tissue …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONSIL — [ton.sil] n [L tonsillae, pl., tonsils] (1601) 1: either of a pair of prominent masses of lymphoid tissue that lie …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONSILLITIS — inflammatory infection of the tonsils caused by invasion of the mucous membrane by microorganisms, usually hemolytic streptococci or viruses. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONSIL — small mass of lymphatic tissue located in the wall of the pharynx at the rear of the throat of man …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHARYNX — (Greek: "throat"), a cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx. …
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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM — The human lymphatic system, showing the lymphatic vessels and lymphoid organs. a subsystem of the circulatory system in the vertebrate …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIPHTHERIA — acute infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterized by a primary lesion, usually in the upper respiratory …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADENOIDS — also called Pharyngeal Tonsils, a mass of lymphatic tissue, similar to the (palatine) tonsils, that is attached to the back …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADENAUER, KONRADADDITIONAL READING — Konrad Adenauer, Erinnerungen, 4 vol. (1965-68), his autobiography encompassing the years 1945 to 1963; Rudolf Morsey and Konrad Repgen (eds.), …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONSIL — ton ‧ sil /ˈtɒns ə l $ ˈtɑːn-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONSIL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Added to which, my limbs had begun to ache and my tonsils felt as if …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OUT
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INFECTION
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADENOIDS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Children who have had large adenoids removed develop slightly better hearing thresholds than those who …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONSIL — n. Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the pharynx . The term usually refers to the palatine …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ГЛАНДЫ — мн. анат. ( ед. гланда ж. ) tonsils; удалить ~ have* one`s tonsils out мн. ч.; ед. гланда; анат. tonsils …
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
ГЛАНДЫ — мн. ед. гланда анат. tonsils воспаление гланд – glandular fever удалить гланды – to take out tonsils мн. анат. ( …
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