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What infections do your tonsils fight off?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    They are nodes in the lymph system, and act a bit like vacuum cleaner bags. So contaminants / invaders are collected there, and attacked by white blood cells.

    Also a bit like police or subway stations, places where critters arrive and are dealt with...

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