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 |
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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