扁桃

Etymology
A Central Asian import during the Medieval period. Perhaps a (as per ), semantically construed as the “flat peach”.

Noun

 * 1) almond
 * 2) flat peach

Etymology
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From compound, from the way the almond fruit resembles a flat, thin peach.

The modern sense of came about by contraction from the full term.

Noun

 * 1) almond
 * 2) tonsil

Derived terms

 * : bitter almond
 * : bitter almond oil
 * : bitter almond oil dissolved in water
 * : tonsillitis
 * : amygdala
 * : tonsil
 * : tonsillitis
 * : tonsillectomy
 * : enlarged tonsils, tonsillar hypertrophy
 * : amygdala
 * : almond oil