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Lymph vs Tonsil - What's the difference?

lymph | tonsil |

As nouns the difference between lymph and tonsil

is that lymph is pure water while tonsil is either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.

lymph

English

Alternative forms

* lymphe (rare or archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete, poetical) Pure water.
  • (physiology, immunology) A colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.
  • Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
  • * 2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 268:
    • She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph .

    Derived terms

    * lymphatic * lymphocyte * lymphoid * lymphology * lymphoma * lymph gland * lymph node * lymphoreticulosis

    Related terms

    * nymph

    tonsil

    English

    (wikipedia tonsil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, immunology) Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.
  • (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.

    • Synonyms

    * tonsilla

    Hyponyms

    * cerebellar tonsil * faucial tonsil * lingual tonsil * palatine tonsil * pharyngeal tonsil * adenoid

    Derived terms

    * tonsillar * tonsillectomy * tonsillitis * tonsillolith * tonsil hockey, tonsil tennis * to the tonsils, up to the tonsils * tubal tonsil

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