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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
  3. 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.
  4. One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at thesides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds,from their shape.
  5. n:100 n. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx