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Crypt: In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface.
Cryptic in the case of the tonsils refer to the tonsillar crypts which are little pitlike depressions in the tonsils.
The words crypt and cryptic come from the Greek "kryptos" meaning hidden or concealed. Thus, cryptic tonsillitis may be hidden, concealed because it is down in the pits (of the tonsil).
n. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. Anatomy . A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body ...
In medieval terms, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault, usually beneath the floor of a church or castle. It was used as a chapel or burial vault, possibly containing ...
noun 1. a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc. 2. Anatomy ...
Definition of CRYPT. 1. a: a chamber (as a vault) wholly or partly underground; especially: a vault under the main floor of a church b: a chamber in a mausoleum
Evita Peron may have died back in 1952, but she remains an icon in her native Argentina -- and now the crypt next to hers at a Buenos Aires cemetery is for sale for a ...