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Tonsil vs Paristhmic - What's the difference?

tonsil | paristhmic |


As a noun tonsil

is (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.

As an adjective paristhmic is

(obsolete) of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsillar.

Tonsil vs Tonsillotomy - What's the difference?

tonsil | tonsillotomy |


As nouns the difference between tonsil and tonsillotomy

is that 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 while tonsillotomy is the surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.

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