different between lymph vs tonsil

English

Alternative forms

• lymphe (rare or archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“water”). Doublet of nymph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?mf/

Noun

lymph (countable and uncountable, plural lymphs)

1. (obsolete, poetic) Pure water.
   1. (archaic) The sap of plants.
2. (physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.
   1. (immunology) The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

• nymph

Translations

References

• “lymph”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “lymph”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

From Latin tonsillae; compare French tonsille.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n.s?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?n.s?l/
• Rhymes: -?ns?l

Noun

tonsil (plural tonsils)

1. (anatomy, immunology) 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.
2. (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.

Synonyms

• tonsilla

Hyponyms

• cerebellar tonsil
• faucial tonsil
• lingual tonsil
• palatine tonsil
• pharyngeal tonsil
• adenoid

Derived terms

Translations

References

• tonsil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Liston, Tilson, Tolins, slot in