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Vahabbayani Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
tonsils vs. adenoids
What's the difference between tonsils and adenoids? Are they the same things?
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The adenoid is one of the tonsils. There are other tonsils that are not adenoids.
- The adenoid is one of the tonsils.
- There are other tonsils that are not adenoids.
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The adenoid is one of the tonsils. There are other tonsils that are not adenoids.
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Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry for "Tonsil" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsil
You can find a link to the entry for "Adenoids" there.
You can find a link to the entry for "Adenoids" there.
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I'm even more confused now. tonsils are the soft meaty ***** at the back of the mouth, right?
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Have a look at the Wikipedia article, which explains it in far more detail than I can.
If you find something there that isn't clear, post it here and we'll try to make sense of it.
If you find something there that isn't clear, post it here and we'll try to make sense of it.
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