tonsil

n. 扁桃体 [医] 扁桃体

发音

UK /ˈtɒn.səl/
其它
UK /ˈtɒn.sɪl/
US /ˈtɑn.səl/

词形变化

tonsils 复数 tonsils

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.

    扁桃腺

    扁桃体

    医学
  2. 2.

    Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

    医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

faucial tonsil palatine tonsil

整体词 1

nasopharynx

相关短语

tonsil hockey tonsil tennis tonsil stone tonsil stones play tonsil hockey palatine tonsil [医] 腭扁桃体 lingual tonsil [医] 舌扁桃体 pharyngeal tonsil [医] 咽扁桃体 faucial tonsil [医] 腭扁桃体, 扁桃体 Luschka's tonsil [医] 路施卡氏扁桃体, 咽扁桃体 third tonsil [医] 咽扁桃体 nasopharyngeal tonsil

词源

Borrowed from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural). First attested in the late 16th century,

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