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- peritonsillar. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p1640
A definition of the medical term "peritonsillar" is presented. Peritonsillar refers to extending around a tonsil. The term originated from the Greek word peri which means around and the Latin word tonsilla which means tonsil. The definition is from the "Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,"...
- tonsil. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2201
A definition of the term "tonsil" is presented. It refers to a mass of lymphoid tissue in the mucous membranes of the pharynx and base of the tongue. It also refers to a rounded mass on the inferior surface of the cerebellum lying lateral to the uvula. Tonsils respond to pathogens entering the...
- tonsillar. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2202
A definition of the term "tonsillar" is presented. It is related to a tonsil, especially the faucial or palatine tonsil.
- tonsillar crypt. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2202
A definition of the term "tonsillar crypt" is presented. It refers to a deep indentation, lined with stratified squamous epithelium, into the lymphatic tissue of a lingual or palatine tonsil.
- tonsillar sinus. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2202
A definition of the term "tonsillar sinus" is presented. It refers to the space lying between the plica triangularis and the anterior surface of the palatine tonsil.
- tonsillopathy. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2203
A definition of the term "tonsillopathy" is presented. It means any disease of the tonsil.
- tonsilloscopy. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2203
A definition of the term "tonsilloscopy" is presented. It refers to the inspection of the tonsils.
- tonsillotomy. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2203
A definition of the term "tonsillotomy" is presented. It refers to the incision of the tonsils.
- tonsillolith. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary;2005, p2203
A definition of the term "tonsillolith" is presented. It refers to a stone within a tonsil.