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TONSILLA PHARYNGEALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tonsilla pharyngealis mean? 

TONSILLA PHARYNGEALIS (noun)
  The noun TONSILLA PHARYNGEALIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TONSILLA PHARYNGEALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TONSILLA PHARYNGEALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adenoid; Luschka's tonsil; pharyngeal tonsil; third tonsil; tonsilla adenoidea; tonsilla pharyngealis

Context example:

enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children

Hypernyms ("tonsilla pharyngealis" is a kind of...):

lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue (tissue making up the lymphatic system)

Holonyms ("tonsilla pharyngealis" is a part of...):

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)


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