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"I'm fine," I answered, "but I had an awfully sore throat on Monday and one of my tonsils is swelled up yet.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Aleta Dey] Reference

The spot where the spine enters the brain is called the cerebella tonsils, which is sealed inside the skull of a normal person.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Then they realized that the tonsils were a not-insignificant part of your immune system and now people are encouraged to keep them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earth Hour: A Last Stab At The Dark « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference

Croup is most frequently associated with large tonsils and adenoids.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

I was in the hospital for just a regular - tonsils or something, I think.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anita O'Day: Revisiting A Classic Voice] Reference

The second antibiotic helped his tonsils, but otherwise he remained the same.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diagnosing Nick] Reference

The tonsils are not large and red nor covered with white dots, as in tonsilitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

Instrumental measures in reference to the fauces, tonsils, oesophagus, and lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The uvula, the pillars of the palate, and the tonsils are parts of the structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs] Reference

Enlarged tonsils or elongated palate or throat irritation may also produce a cough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

When it didn't, and his tonsils grew exponentially, we tried a different antibiotic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diagnosing Nick] Reference

They lodge in the pores or follicles of the tonsils and set up an active inflammation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

They're also told not to eat certain deer parts, such as the brain, tonsils and eyeballs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Plague On The Plains] Reference

The tonsils swell up and the follicles exude a thick fluid which looks like curdled cream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

You hear the moist breath gliding over her tonsils more than the nasty business of singing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do You Hear What I Hear?] Reference

The characteristic appearance then consists in large, red tonsils covered with white spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

When it persisted for months he went to the doctor and learned there was a tumor on his tonsils.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus] Reference

However, anything that narrows the airway like large tonsils or a small jaw can cause sleep apnea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health for Life M.D.: Sleeping Well] Reference

Gargle the throat for swollen and inflamed tonsils with warm water, in which a little salt is dissolved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papers on Health] Reference

It is believed that children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids are much more subject to croup than others.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

There is an excellent account of what might be thought to be the modern operation for removal of the tonsils.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference

He was a sturdy youth, with no illnesses, save occasional sore throats which left him when he shed his tonsils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference

The syrup should be used for inflammation of the tonsils; the gargle for inflammation of the fauces or pharynx.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference

The general points of difference are: in diphtheria the tonsils are usually completely covered with a gray membrane.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

For example, for years it was believed that kids should have their tonsils removed to prevent recurrent sore throats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evidence-based medicine and your health] Reference

In healthy adult throats the tonsils should be hardly visible; in children they are active glands and easily visible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

If proper treatment does not improve the tonsils as the child grows older, their removal should seriously be considered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

The treatment consists in giving proper attention to the tonsils, even removal if necessary -- and if the child is old enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

Foreign bodies must be removed, adenoids taken out, large tonsils excised, and malformations of the nasal bones operated upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

Adenoids and enlarged tonsils are a fruitful source of constant colds and sore throat, and their removal is advisable (see p. 61).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

About 2 percent of children, particularly those born with craniofacial deformities and enlarged tonsils and adenoids, suffer from apnea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Sleep Matters] Reference

Nasal obstruction leads to poor nutrition, and hence children with adenoids and enlarged tonsils are apt to be puny and weakly specimens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference

One of the first things necessary is to take this little one to a good specialist and if necessary have the adenoids and tonsils removed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

The nose, throat, and ears receive daily care -- sprays to the nose and gargles to the throat, as well as special swabbing to the tonsils.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference