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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tonsil \Ton"sil\, n. [L. tonsill?, pl.: cf F. tonsille. ]
(Anat.)
One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the
sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the
{almonds}, from their shape.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tonsil
n : either of two small masses of tissue one on each side of the
pharynx
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