Usually means: Glandular tissue, immune system defense.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word tonsils:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. tonsils: Merriam-Webster
  2. tonsils: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tonsils: Vocabulary.com
  4. Tonsils, tonsils: Wordnik
  5. tonsils: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tonsils: Wiktionary
  7. tonsils: Dictionary.com
  8. tonsils: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Tonsils: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. tonsils: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tonsils: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. tonsils: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Tonsils: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  4. Tonsils: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Tonsils: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  7. tonsils: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  8. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  9. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  10. Tonsils: Medical dictionary
  11. Tonsils: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tonsils: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See tonsil as well.)

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noun:  (nonstandard) The uvula.

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