pharyngeal tonsil

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   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”

   SynonymsadenoidLuschka's tonsilthird tonsiltonsilla pharyngealistonsilla adenoidea

   Broaderlymphatic tissue

   Part ofthroat

Questions about pharyngeal tonsil

What does pharyngeal tonsil mean?

pharyngeal tonsil means "a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)".

What is another word for pharyngeal tonsil?

Close synonyms include adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea. 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 pharyngeal tonsil a common word?

pharyngeal tonsil 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.