TONSILS

Meaning of TONSILS in English

Small masses of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat, on either side of the throat.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

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 — Note: The form 'tonsil' is used as a modifier. Your ~ are the two small soft lumps in your throat …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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
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. …
Britannica English vocabulary
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
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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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