Noun
tonsils
plural of tonsil
tonsils pl (plural only)
(nonstandard) The uvula.
I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend you to a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success. Ernest Hemingway
When I was in films, we pretended to kiss but we didn't. It was considered unsanitary. Now they swallow each others' tonsils. It's disgusting. Lillian Gish
I love the game too much to quit. But right now I can't run or swing a bat too well. I had my tonsils out two weeks ago in Pittsburgh and that helped, but I still have the pain. I am studying to be a civil engineer in Puerto Rico, so that's what I'll do if I have to give up baseball. Roberto Clemente
After a solo recital in Paris on 21 February 1842, he wrote to Grzymała: "I have to lie in bed all day long, my mouth and tonsils are aching so much." Source: Internet
In tonsils and adenoids of HIV-infected patients, macrophages fuse into multinucleated giant cells that produce huge amounts of virus. Source: Internet
Pinkney Lawson Trotter Sr., who owned a pharmacy in Pilot Mountain, brought his family to Mount Airy for “Lawson, Jr.” to have his “tonsils removed at Martin hospital.” Source: Internet