See Also: girlish(dictionary)
girlish(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
tonsilla(medicine)
tonsilla palatina(medicine)
tonsilla tubaria(medicine)
tonsilla pharyngealis(medicine)
tonsilla intestinalis(medicine)
tonsilla cerebelli(medicine)
tonsilla adenoidea(medicine)

tonsilla palatina (medicine) and girlish (iou)


tonsilla palatina (medicine)


tonsilla palatina -->
palatine tonsil


A large oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the oral pharynx on either side between the pillars of the fauces.

Synonym: tonsilla palatina, tonsilla, faucial tonsil, tonsil.


girlish (iou)



girlish adjective. M16.
[from GIRL noun + -ISH1.]
Of or pertaining to a girl or girlhood; characteristic of or like a girl.
R. Gittings Looking more girlish than her twenty years.
girlishly adverb E18.
girlishness noun E17.