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tonsilla

NOUN
  1. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx

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  • Each tonsil has an irregular number of ingrowths of the surface epithelium known as tonsillar crypts.
  • I found an article the other day which details a case-control study of cerebellar tonsillar ectopia (Chiari) and head/neck trauma (whiplash). Brain Injury Lawyer
  • In the genus cynanche of the latter, are placed the common sthenic or inflammatory sore throat, or cynanche tonsillaris, and the putrid or gangrenous sore throat, the cynanche maligna: the former is a sthenic disease; the latter one of the greatest debility; yet they have the same generic name. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
  • Our trial was not designed to study whether penicillin would prevent quinsy or peritonsillar cellulitis.
  • Peritonsillar abscess is a suppurative complication of pharyngitis or tonsillitis.
  • The tonsilla (tonsilla cerebelli; amygdaline nucleus) is a rounded mass, situated in the hemispheres. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
  • On exam his throat is red without exudates or tonsillar hypertrophy; no cervical adenopathy no "swollen glands"; strep test negative. Archive 2007-01-01
  • The team notes that if HPV does, in fact, cause tonsillar cancer, it might stimulate interest in developing a vaccine for preventing the malignancy.
  • The inferior vermis is subdivided from before backward, into (1) the nodule, (2) the uvula, (3) the pyramid, and (4) the tuber vermis; the corresponding parts on the hemispheres are (1) the flocculus, (2) the tonsilla cerebelli, (3) the biventral lobule, and (4) the inferior semilunar lobule. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
  • The brain was edematous, with mild uncal herniation, tonsillar herniation, and a left-to-right shift.
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