tonsils

"I'm fine," I answered, "but I had an awfully sore throat on Monday and one of my tonsils is swelled up yet."

Aleta Dey 1919

The breathing trouble was due to congestion in her throat as her tonsils were a bit swollen.

2009 July « MeltedMoment's Weblog 2009

Then they realized that the tonsils were a not-insignificant part of your immune system and now people are encouraged to keep them.

Earth Hour: A Last Stab At The Dark « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

"Of all the surgical insanities within his recollection this onslaught on the tonsils was the worst -- not excepting the operation on the appendix."

Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

The importance of the tonsils is a much disputed fact, but many doctors are currently becoming much more hesitant to remove a patient's tonsils than they had been previously.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] TSpeck11 2010

The spot where the spine enters the brain is called the cerebella tonsils, which is sealed inside the skull of a normal person.

News 2009

When I was growing up in the fifties, medical experts thought it would be a good idea to excise organs such as tonsils or the appendix, which appeared to have no function.

The Law of Unintended Consequences 2008

Levy grinned and I knew, in his head, he was tickling her tonsils.

Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

Would you go to him to have your tonsils taken out or for advice as to which mutual fund to buy?

Channeling Religious Impulses 2010

Does anyone doubt Obama is stupid after his racist comment (and not knowing one fact re the issue) and his accusing Drs of taking kids tonsils out to make more money, even though the primary Dr does not take Drs out, nor the Pediatrictian.

Obama to meet this week with professor, officer 2009