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tonsil

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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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“As you get older, the tonsil tissues shrink up and become very small—even disappear. Source: Internet

I had extremely sore throat, white pustules and white slimy streaks on tonsil, and pain in my left ear. Source: Internet

The amygdala (plural: amygdalae; also corpus amygdaloideum; Latin from Greek,, ', 'almond', 'tonsil') is one of two almond-shaped groups of nuclei located deep and… Source: Internet

I can have goat’s milk or goat cheese without getting a tonsil stone; I believe it’s a malabsorption caused by the casein in cow’s dairy that is the source of this problem. Source: Internet

Since then I never get sore throats or tonsil stones EVER! Source: Internet

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