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Pharyngeal Tonsil

see synonyms of pharyngeal tonsil

Noun

1. adenoid, luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis

a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

Example Sentences:
'hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids'
'enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pharyngeal Tonsil

see synonyms of pharyngeal tonsil
noun
the technical name for adenoids

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