English-Spanish translations for tonsil

• amígdala
  Dos de ellos han muerto - el último murió de amígdalas en octubre de 2001. Two have died, the most recent from tonsillitis in October 2001.
  Hace pocos días murió otro, imagínese, de amígdalas. A few days ago, a second man died of tonsillitis of all things.
• amígdala palatina

Definition of tonsil

• 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

Related words

• tonsill
• tonsillitis
• tonsillectomy
• tonsilitis
• tonsillotomy
• tonsillar
• tonsillolith
• adenotonsillectomy
• adenotonsillitis