a. [ad. med. or mod.L. tonsillār-is, f. tonsillæ: see TONSIL and -AR.] Of or pertaining to the tonsils; affected by the tonsils, as, a tonsillar voice.
1831. R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 589. The arteries of the tongue are furnished by the lingual branches of the external carotid arteries, and by the palatine and tonsillar twigs of the labial.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 467. Tonsillar, pharyngeal, or bronchial congestion.
