| tonsillar herniation | Herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tonsillar ring | The broken ring of lymphoid tissue, formed of the lingual, faucial, and pharyngeal tonsils. Synonym: Bickel's ring, tonsillar ring, Waldeyer's throat ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillectomy | <procedure, surgery> The surgical removal of the tonsils. Indications include airway obstruction or recurrent tonsillitis. Complete recovery is in two weeks. Adults have a significantly longer period of recovery and a much higher complication rate than children. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tonsillith | A calcareous concretion in a distended tonsillar crypt. Synonym: tonsillar calculus, tonsillith. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Origin: L. Tonsilla = tonsil (18 Nov 1997) |
| tonsillo- | Tonsil. Origin: L. Tonsilla (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillolingual sulcus | The space between the palatine tonsil and the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillolith | A calcareous concretion in a distended tonsillar crypt. Synonym: tonsillar calculus, tonsillith. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillopathy | Disease of the tonsil. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillotome | An instrument, sometimes modelled after a guillotine, for use in cutting away a portion or all of a hypertrophied tonsil. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Tomos, cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillotomy | The cutting away of a portion or all of a hypertrophied faucial tonsil. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsilotome | <surgery> An instrument for removing the tonsils. Origin: Tonsil + Gr. To cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tonsilotomy | <surgery> The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tonsils | A collection of lymphoid tissue covered by mucous membranes located in several different areas on either side of the throat. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tonsure | 1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn. 2. The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders. The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank. Origin: F, fr. L. Tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. To gnaw; perhaps akin to Gr. To cut, and E. Tome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |