Tonometer

(ton-om’ ‘-et-er) [rovoc, tone, tension; usrpov, measure]. An instrument to measure tension, as, e. g., that of the eyeball. Tonsil shaped(Avj’-j//) body, situated \_tonsilla~\.on I.each A small, side almond of the fauces, between the anterior and posterior pillars of the soft palate. It consists of an aggregation of from ten to eighteen lymph follicles, and is covered by mucous membrane, which dips into certain depre ions called crypts. 2. A small lobe of the cerebellar hemisphere, situated on the inferior mesial aspect. T., Faucial. See Tonsil, 1st def T., Lingual, an accumulation of lymph adenoid ti ue at the base of the tongue. T., Pharyngeal, a ma of lymph adenoid ti ue in the pharynx, between the Eustachian tubes. 629