peyer's patch

1. 1.

   any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon

   SynonymsPeter's gland

   Broaderlymph node

Questions about peyer's patch

What does peyer's patch mean?

peyer's patch means "any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon".

What is another word for peyer's patch?

Close synonyms include Peter's gland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peyer's patch a common word?

peyer's patch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.