How to use Tonsil in a sentence
An abscess behind the tonsil (a peritonsillar abscess) may also occur.
Most tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy is simply caused by the normal growth pattern for that type of tissue.
He was uneasyâ€”the kid being dropped off at the hospital for a tonsil operation, hearing about the ice cream but now realizing something dire might be in store before dessert.
I got the idea after viewing a couple of American websites belonging to other tonsil cancer patients and the sites seemed effective.
Prognosis in patients with malignant neoplasms of the palatine tonsil were better in comparison with tongue cancer.Advertisement
It was a nightmare, especially when I developed quinsy, a type of abscess, in my right tonsil.
I 've seen tonsil hockey played in pubs before but remain in the dark over this one.
I think that 's where it happened to her, when she had her tonsil surgery.
In practice, the tonsil biopsy might obviate the need for a brain biopsy sample to be taken.
Chemotherapy has not always been a treatment of choice for tonsil cancer.Advertisement
Tonsil asymmetry may only be apparent in patients with an otherwise normal physical examination, secondary to benign hyperplasia or anatomical factors.
In a person infected with CJD, the prion protein can often be seen in a sample (biopsy) of tonsil tissue.
Alba's spent much of her childhood suffering from various illnesses, including several bouts of pneumonia, asthma, appendicitis, tonsil cysts, and on two occasions, a collapsed lung.
Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies are used to treat snoring that is caused by excess tonsil tissues or excess tissue in the nasal cavity.