meaning of pharyngeal tonsil

1. a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx; "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of ">children"


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pharyngeal tonsil | tonsilla pharyngealis |

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