扁穴

Traditional form:

扁穴

Pinyin (reading):

biǎnxué

Definitions:

• tonsil
• now written 扁桃體／扁桃体 (biǎntáotǐ)

Characters:

• 扁 - flat; board, sign, tablet
• 穴 - cave, den, hole

Traditional characters:

• 扁 - flat; board, sign, tablet
• 穴 - cave, den, hole